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INTELLIGENT INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS

RESEARCH CENTER – I. I. E. S.

GENERAL PRESENTATION

Intelligent Industrial Electronic Systems

(I.I.E.S.) is a research center, type C, that has

been evaluated and accredited by CNCSIS. The

Center was created in 11.05.2001, in accordance

with the CNCSIS certificate, nr. 106/CC-C. The

director of the Center is prof. dr. eng. Mircea

CIUGUDEAN.

MAIN ACTIVITIES

The Center performs research and design activities

in domains such as:

Robotics (production systems, drive control,

mobile robots, sensors)

Integrated circuits design

Power electronics (dc-dc converters, power

factor correction, neuro-fuzzy control, fuzzy

controllers, power active filters)

Neural networks and intelligent sensors.

CONTACT

Prof.dr.eng. Mircea CIUGUDEAN – Director

Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications

Department of Applied Electronics

2, Vasile Pârvan Bulevard

RO-300223 Timişoara

Tel: +40-256-403331

Fax: +40-256-403332

Web page: http://www.etc.upt.ro

E-mail: [email protected]

RESEARCH FIELDS

Integrated Circuits Design Keywords: ASIC, VLSI, DA, arithmetic

coprocessor

Robotics Keywords: sensor, robot, transducers, industrial

robot driving

Neural Computing and Intelligent Sensors Keywords: intelligent sensors, artificial neural

network, sensor data processing

Power Electronics Keywords: power converters, power quality,

harmonic pollution, power factor correction, soft

switching, chaos

Electronic Packaging and Testing Field Keywords: CAE, CAD, CAM, test sequence-

generation, self-testing design, test points, EMC,

logic analysis, spectral analysis

Researches in INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

DESIGN

FIELD DESCRIPTION

The research group in this domain is lead by prof.

dr. eng. Mircea CIUGUDEAN and also includes an

associate professor, one lecturer, three assistants,

and three graduate students. The group will grow

further by four graduate students and three PhD

students per year.

Researches in ROBOTICS

FIELD DESCRIPTION

The Research Team in Robotics (RTR) is lead by

prof. dr. eng. Tiberiu MURESAN and prof. dr. eng.

Ivan BOGDANOV. The team includes one more

professor, associate professors, three lecturers and

one assistant professor.

The members of the RTR are members of the

Robotics Association from Romania which is part

of the International Federation of Robotics with the

headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden.

In the last years the main research subjects were:

Pilot intelligent production systems

Research on passive systems and active

intelligent systems interaction

Microcontroller based control of electrical

drives

Interpolation in robot control

Mobile robots control

Sensors for robotics

Equipment for leading the welding heads.

The Robotics Research Team uses six PC

computers and simulation software.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

1. Convenţie cadru Universitatea “Politehnica”

Institutul Kathrein - Fachhochschule Rosenheim

– S.C. Kathrein Romania S.R.L./24.08.2006

Berührungslose Temeperaturüberwachung und

damit einhergeheneder Regelung der Lötprozesse

– speziell bei spiegelnden Oberflächen von

Mobilfunk – Baugruppen

(Controlul temperaturii fără contact şi reglarea

on-line a procesului de lipire pe suprafeţe lucioase

la elementele constructive utilizate în

comunicaţiile mobile)

Value: 25.000 EUR (3.600 EUR for 2009)

Director: Prof.dr.eng. Ivan BOGDANOV

Members: Prof.dr.eng. Alimpie IGNEA

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Prof.dr.eng. Horia CÂRSTEA

Prof.dr.eng. Dan LASCU

Lect.dr.eng. Adrian AVRAM

Lect.dr.eng. Marius RANGU

E. Lovasz

Researches in NEURAL COMPUTING AND

INTELLIGENT SENSORS

The research group is coordinated by prof.dr.eng.

Virgil TIPONUT and includes three assistant

professors from the Department of Applied

Electronics, 8 post-graduates from other

universities in Romania and industrial companies

(Romania, Canada, USA), who are developing their

PhD thesis.

FIELD DESCRIPTION

VLSI Implementation of Cellular Neural

Networks (CNN)

Applications of CNN in Intelligent Sensors

Applications of CNN in Robotics (Mobile

Robots and Colony of Interacting Robots)

The research activities are also focused in the field

of Computational Intelligence (CI) applications.

Using CI paradigms problems like biometrics - face

detection and recognition, time series prediction or

autonomous mobile robot navigation are tackle. For

coding purpose, mainly MATLAB and C are

employed.

Hardware/Software resources:

General purpose PC compatible computers

DSP boards from Texas Instruments

Microconverter boards from Analog Devices

Software development tools

Prototyping facilities

RESEARCH PROJECTS

1. PN II, IDEI, Proiecte de cercetare

exploratorie, cod 945/2008, UEFISCSU contract

599/19.01.2009, New methods for facial analysis

and recognition

Value: 932.222 Lei, Total (102.416 on 2009)

Director: Assoc.prof.dr.eng. Cătălin CĂLEANU

Members: Prof. dr. ing. Vasile GUI

Prof. dr. ing. Virgil TIPONUŢ

Lect. dr. eng. Valentin MARANESCU

Drd. eng. Daniel IANCHIŞ

Drd. eng. Zoltan HARASZY

FIELD AND GRANT DESCRIPTION

The aim of the research project is investigation and

development, trough fundamental research, of new

facial expression recognition methods and

principles. The research is focused on finding

robust solutions for the following subsystems: face

representation, face detection, feature selection and

extraction, classification.

Bioinspired implementation principles, mainly

advanced architectures for neural networks, fuzzy

sistems and genetic algorithms will serve as tools

for attaining the project goals.

ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS

During the project’s first year, the following

activities were performed: defining the

management & research teams, activities &

research planning, equipment acquisition, literature

survey, overview regarding the available databases,

proposal regarding the system structure, proposal

regarding acquisitions, representing and coding 2D

and 3D information, the study, implementation and

testing of preprocessing methods, the study,

implementation and testing of feature selection and

extraction, analyze the available hardware

solutions, defining the electronic schematics, EDA

simulations, project achievements checking

(monthly), reporting the obtained results, creating

the project website.

As the results of the research activity we could

mention the dissemination of scientific information

trough articles, e.g., YuLi Xue, Xia Mao, C.D.

Căleanu, ShanWei Lv., “Layered Fuzzy Facial

Expression Generation of Virtual Agent”, Chinese

Journal of Electronics (Thomson Reuters SCI), Vol.

19, No.1, pag. 69-74, 2010 and YuLi Xue, Xia

Mao, C.D. Căleanu, ShanWei Lv., “Robust Facial

Expression Recognition Under Occlusion

Condition”, Journal of Beijing University of

Aeronautics and Astronautics, (in Chinese,

accepted, EI source journal).

Contact person:

Assoc.prof.dr.eng. Cătălin CĂLEANU

e-mail: [email protected]

2. PN II, CAPACITATI, Modul III, proiecte de

cercetare bilaterale, România-China, cod 39-

5/2008, ANCS contract 222/15.04.2009 Research

on Emotional Facial Expression recognition in

Complicated Environment

Value: 55.000 Lei, Total (10.549 on 2009)

Director: Assoc.prof. dr. eng. Cătălin CĂLEANU

Members: Prof. dr. ing. Radu VASIU

Prof. dr. ing. Virgil TIPONUŢ

Prof. dr. ing. Vasile GUI

Prof. dr. ing. Florin ALEXA

Assoc.prof. dr. eng. Corina BOTOCA

Drd. eng. Dan IANCHIŞ

Drd. eng. Zoltan HARASZY


Study of emotional facial expression recognition

represents an advanced research topic in the fields

of affective computing and human-computer

interaction. It is important to improve the

emotion intelligence of the machine and to

implement an affective human-machine

communication. However, current researches over



the emotional facial expression recognition are

usually limited to simple environments, thus cannot

be successfully applied in human-computer

interaction. Aiming at the above limits and

considering the requirements for robust and

automatic emotional facial expression recognition

in real life, this project proposes the study of

emotional facial expression recognition in

complicated environment.


During the project’s first year, the following

activities were performed: research methods for

robust face and facial feature recognition (e.g. eyes,

mouth) in complicated environment (e.g. light and

pose variation), modelling of emotional facial

expression recognition in complicated environment,

research methods for robust emotional facial

expression recognition in complicated environment.

An agreement of collaboration between University

POLITEHNICA Timişoara, Romania and

Aeronautic and Astronautic University BEIHANG,

Beijing, China has been signed. Also the

collaborative framework between the research team

lead by dr. Căleanu from the Faculty of Electronics

and Telecommunication and the research team lead

by dr. Mao from the School of Electronic and

Information Engineering has been established.

In June 2009 four members of the Chinese research

team has visit our university. During the one week

staying fruitful discussions regarding various

research topics took place.

Contact person:

Assoc.prof.dr.eng. Cătălin CĂLEANU


RESEARCH TEAM

Prof.dr.eng. Virgil TIPONUŢ

Prof.dr.eng. Alexandru GACSADY

Assoc.prof.dr.eng. Catalin CALEANU

Lect.eng. Aurel FILIP

Lect.eng. Calin LAR

Lect.eng. Ioan GAVRILUT

Assist.eng. Laviniu TEPELEA

Contact person:

Prof.dr.eng. Virgil TIPONUT

Tel: +40 256 403337


Researches in POWER ELECTRONICS

The main research themes investigated are:

Improvement and development of new high-

frequency PWM and resonant dc/dc converter

topologies

Elaboration of new power factor correction

circuits

New control techniques for power factor

correction circuits using classical solutions or

neuro-fuzzy controllers

Research on ac-ac matrix converters and the

corresponding control methods

Improvement of the electrical drives using

active power filters and fuzzy regulators

Research regarding topologies and operation

improvement of active power filters

Development of experimental prototypes for

the different circuits as resulted from the

theoretical research

The research team uses as technical support six

PCs, design and simulation software for power

electronics, two power analyzers and many other

power electronics devices.

For the present, the research team efforts are

focused on creating a power quality test center,

according to European regulations.

Research projects

1. Intelligent three phase ac power supply,

104/ 28.09.2007, ANCS – ID1178

Total value: 162.448 Lei (50.883 on 2009)

Members: Prof. dr. ing. Viorel Popescu

Prof. dr. ing. Dan Lascu

Assoc.prof. dr. eng. Adrian Popovici

Assoc.prof. dr. eng. Dan Negoiţescu

As. eng. Mircea Băbăiţă

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND

GRANTS

1. LEONARDO DA VINCI Community

Vocational Training Action Programme E-

learning Distance Interactive Practical Education

(EDIPE) CZ/06/B/PP-168022 Value: 25.000 EUR (4.319 EUR on 2009)

Director: Prof.dr.eng. Dan LASCU

Members: Prof.dr.eng. Viorel POPESCU

Assoc.prof.dr.eng. Mihaela LASCU

Assoc.prof.dr.eng. Adrian POPOVICI

Assoc.dr.eng. Dan NEGOIŢESCU

Assoc.prof.dr.eng. Adrian POPOVICI

Assist.eng, Mircea BĂBĂIŢĂ

Partners: Technical University of Brno, SK

Technische Universiteit Delft, NL

Technische Universität Wien, AT

Institut für Elektrische Antriebe und

Maschinen, Wien, AT

Ruhr Universität Bochum, D

National Technical University of Athens, GR

Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine,

FR

Budapest Muszaki es Gazdasagtudomanyi

Egyetem, HU

Fakulta elektrotechniky a informatiky

Technická univerzita V Košiciach, SK




Trencianska Univerzita Alexandra Dubcekav

Trencine, SK

University of Maribor FERI, SL

FIELD AND PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

So far the E-learning and Distance-learning via the

Internet, is focusing on information delivery where

typically multi-media rich web pages are offered to

the student sitting at home in front of the computer,

taking lessons in a certain subject, while keeping

contact to other students and teacher via e-mail,

chat-rooms, on-line tests, etc.

Other issues focus on the style of teaching under

the impression of extensive usage of multi-media

like videoclips, audio or “slide shows” in the

classroom or via distance (Internet). Advanced

material use interactivity and combination of text

explaining the theory with interactive programs that

allow student to do little experiments via a

simulator or solving some engineering problems.

The rapid changes in society and technology have

also generated a demand for more flexible

engineers having many more qualifications than

just a high level of technical or scientific

specialisation. The drawback of a pure theoretical

approach in undergraduate electrical engineering

(EE) curriculum is that there is paid less attention to

the phenomena that loom by laboratory experiments

and exploration of system components. The result

of this, in combination with the rapid development

of computer applications, is that hands-on and

laboratory experience vanished and computer

simulations are getting more and more attention.

However, it is crucial to let students have some real

practice. The real experiment gives the students a

sense of practical testing and they can also see the

influence of the second/higher order effects, real

time effects, effect of parasitics which are difficult

or impossible to be simulated perfectly. The reason

is that the simulation is always based on more or

less simplified model. Therefore it is important to

give to the students a real world experience.

However, to build an experiment is expensive and it

is impossible for an educational institute to have the

complete scale of experiments. From the learner

point of view, there is a need for easy accessible

hardware experiment. The hardware experiment

should therefore be redesigned such that they also

can be accessed on the Web. This way the advance

in ICT will be combined with the real practical

experience.

The proposed virtual or distance laboratory does

not present any web-based simulation. It is a real

electro-technical experiment conducted in the

laboratory but remotely accessed, controlled and

monitored by web-based tools. The experiment is

either conducted online or based on recorded

valued (virtual experiment). It allows students to

perform experiment safely, without guidance and

official working hours in the laboratory are not

limiting the users. The students can also experience

the appearance of the measurement instrument, the

electronic components and many more factors such

as lay-out. The facility is useful for today’s

requirement of teaching in the Internet.

The experiments should be not only analysis

oriented (to measure and see the results) but also

synthesis oriented. It should involve a design

aspect. Therefore the measurements are designed as

a project with educational philosophy. The

technology of such integration is planned to be

realised within framework of the project. First of all

the technology of such an integration and

guidelines to achieve distance Interactive Practical

Education will be defined. With this new e-learning

tool this technology will be applied to the basic

fields of applied electrical engineering starting from

fundamentals of EE, through electronics, power

electronics, applications of power electronics,

dynamics of electro-mechanical systems, including

industrial application of electrical drives, motion

control and also complex drive systems will be

addressed. A complete set of 18 different

interactive design oriented virtual or distance

laboratories will be prepared with the active

participation of the educational expert. This

technology will enable us to transfer results of

different sectors of education and it will

revolutionize education as it is today.

During the kick-off meeting hold in Vienna on

November 30th

– December 1st the project web

page, evaluation group, dissemination plan,

financial management, contents of the materials,

selection of software for distance practicals

management and a workshop on profect oriented

and design oriented education were established.

Contact person:

Prof.dr.eng. Dan LASCU

Tel: +40 256 403343


RESEARCH TEAM

Prof.dr.eng. Viorel POPESCU – head of the group

Prof.dr.eng. Tiberiu MURESAN

Assoc.prof.dr.eng. Dan LASCU

Lect.dr.eng. Adrian POPOVICI

Lect.dr.eng. Dan NEGOITESCU

Lect.eng. Mircea BABAITA

Contact person:

Prof.dr.eng. Viorel POPESCU

Tel: +40 256 403344


Researches in ELECTRONIC PACKAGING

AND TESTING

The research group in this domain is coordinated by

prof. dr. eng. Horia CÂRSTEA, and includes two

assistants and three graduated-students. The group




established relationships with several regional

powerful companies in the electronic packaging

field, like SOLECTRON, ABB, TELCO and

NOVAR. Also, the group has preferential relations

with ALCATEL Network System, Romania in the

field of testing electronic equipment.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

1. Code2Mob, Application for coding / de-coding

2D bar codes to access Web services on mobile

telephones / platforms

Programme: The project represents a contribution

to the implementation of the National Strategy for

Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) and

it corresponds to the aim and objectives of Program

4 of The National Plan for Research, Development

and Innovation II for 2007-2013

Total value: 500.000 EURO (48% SIPS, 30%

UPT, 28% ATS). (71.986 Lei for 2009)

Director: Prof.dr.eng. Horia Calin CARSTEA

Lecturer.dr.eng. Marius RANGU

Members: Drd.eng. Daniela Mihet

Drd.eng. Paul Constantinescu

Dr.eng. Marian Bucos

Conf.dr. Romeo Negrea

Partners:

o SIPS Design SRL, Deva, Romania, Coordinator

of project

o Polytechnic University of Timisoara(UPT),

Romania, Partner 1

o Advanced Technology Systems SRL (AST),

Targoviste, Romania, Partner 2


Creating and implementing a platform for mobile

telephony. By the Code2Mob application a

platform will be implemented which will use the

2D bar codes to access Web Services in SOA

architecture, on the mobile telephone. The 2D bar

codes will be read with the help of the video camera

of the mobile phone. The innovation consists

exactly in porting SOA and the Web Services on

mobile phones, thus opening unlimited uses of

these services. Through the project the platform for

Mobile telephony and two demonstrative

applications will be created, in two different fields:

m-Learning and m-Marketing.


Several studies were conducted, regarding the

2D barcodes, their applications to mobile

computing and server oriented application (SOA)

architectures that would support barcode

identification of web services.

A DataMatrix decoder was designed,

implemented and tested, currently being operational

on mobile phones running Symbian platforms.

An mLearning application was designed and is

now being implemented. It will be integrated in the

“Multimedia History” itinerant exhibition organized

by a consortium of several Romanian museums.

Contact person:

Lecturer.dr.eng. Marius RANGU


PhD RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

1. Scientific supervisor Prof.dr.eng. Virgil TIPONUŢ

PhD students

Ciprian GAVRINCEA: Researches on a

Neural Network Implementation for Processing

the Signals Generated by Muscle System

Liviu LUCACIU: Contributions to the

Biometric Systems Development and

Implementation

Cristian BURSAŞIU: Contributions to the

Optimization of Neural Network Applications

Development.

Alin BRÎNDUŞESCU: Contributions to the

biological signals simulation using artificial

neural networks

Ionuţ MIREL: Methods for Digital Video

Images Processing

Călin LAR: Contributions to the Sensorial

Data Fusion

Sorin POPESCU: Optimization of the electrical

welding process by means of artificial neural

networks

Laviniu ŢEPELEA: Human-Machine Interface.

Lucian BUGLEA: Smart Transducers Array

Philipp ROEBROCK, Multi Sensor Controlled

Assembly and Application with Manipulators

Daniel IANCHIŞ

Zoltan HARASZY

Robert LORINCZ

Radu MARŞU

Sebastian MICUŢ

David CRISTEA

Adrian FAULHABER SFARAILA

2. Scientific supervisor: Prof.dr.eng. Tiberiu

MUREŞAN

PhD students:

Solomon MIMIS: Integrated Circuits for

Transmission Bit Error Rate Measurement

Petru PAPAZIAN: Intelligent Subsystems for

Optimal Control of Technological Processes

Dan Mircea ANDREICIUC: Analysis and

Correction Methods for Positioning and

Orientation of Mobile Industrial Robots

3. Scientific supervisor: Prof.dr.eng. Mircea

CIUGUDEAN

PhD students:

Aurel FILIP: Researches on CMOS Frequency

References

Marllene DANEŢI: Propagation time estimation

algorithms for noise sources location



Beniamin DRAGOI: Researches on CMOS

Integrated Digital Correlator Conception and

Design

Radu MIHAESCU, Telecommunication-system

integrated optimum structures based on mobile

cellular automatic devices

Iosif MUDRA: Researches on CMOS Integrated

Fast Synchronous Comparators

Bogdan MARINCA: Ultrasonic Investigation

Optimization by Algorithms Implemented in

Dedicated Integrated Circuits.

Andrei Paşca

George Rosu

Mircea Tomoroga (cotutela cu prof. dr. ing.

Corneliu TOMA)

4. Scientific supervisor: Prof. dr .eng. Viorel POPESCU

PhD students:

Mircea BĂBĂIŢĂ: Reaserches on a.c.–d.c.

converters

Cornel GLISICI: Contributions regarding

improved capabilities of uninterruptible power

supplies

Daniel ALBU: Contributions regarding

improved capabilities of switched mode

converters with PFC applications

Lucian PĂUN: DC/DC converters with

optimized energy parameters

Adrian ŞCHIOP: Contributions to theoretical

and experimental study of power converters

with ac motor drive applications

Florin PRUTIANU: Contributions to

theoretical and experimental study regarding

optimization of energy converters from wind

power station

Cristian VRÂNCILĂ: Contributions regarding

improved performance of active power filters

5. Scientific supervisor: Prof.dr.eng. Horia

CÂRSTEA

PhD students:

Dumitru MĂRGELOIU: Contributions to the

improvement of electronic equipment for

monittoring and controlling of low and medium

voltage electrical network parameters

Ovidiu MIŢARIU: Contributions to the

improvement of autotesting equipment in digital

data conditioning and transmission

Corneliu TRIPA: Contributions to the

development of fault diagnose and identification

tests in applied electronics equipment

Mircea RIF: Automated system for data

acquisition, processing and management in

industry

Mircea-Florin MIHĂESCU: Contributions to the

development of dynamical diagnose and

reconfiguration tests in digital fault redundant

systems

Liviu ION: Contributions to the development of

digital regulation in electrical driven industrial

processes

Andy BERCOVICI: Contributions to the

increase of fiability in digital electronics

equipment

Cornel GLĂVAN: Contributions to increased

security of digital transmissions in special

applications.

Liviu CHIŞ: Contributions to pattern recognition

test development in automated visual control

Călin SÂRBU: Contributions to predictive test

development concerning electrostatic discharge

in electronic industry

Paul Constantinescu

Daniela Mihet

Silvana-Oana Popescu

PHD THESES SUSTAINED

Ciprian George GAVRINCEA: Contributions

regarding processing of the signal generated

by muscle system, Scientific supervisor

Prof.dr.eng. Virgil TIPONUŢ

Philipp ROEBROCK, Multi Sensor Controlled

Assembly and Application with Manipulators,

Scientific supervisor Prof. dr. eng. Virgil TIPONUŢ

Mircea-Florin MIHĂESCU: Contributions to the

development of dynamical diagnose and

reconfiguration tests in digital fault redundant

systems, Scientific supervisor Prof.dr.eng. Horia

CÂRSTEA

Marllene DANEŢI: System modelling for fluide

transport and propagation time estimation

algorithmes for noise sources location, Scientific

supervisor Prof. dr. eng. Mircea CIUGUDEAN

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

1. Valentin-Ioan MARANESCU, Intelligent

sensors. Applications, Politehnica Publishing

House, 106 pages (published in Romanian),

ISBN 978-973-625-756-5

2. Ionel Sabin, Electronic Circuit and Devices,

Politehnica Publishing House, 2009, 280

pages, ISBN 978-973-625-124-1 (published in

Romanian)

3. Varga S., Maniu I., Radulescu C., Dolga V.,

Ivan Bogdanov, Ciupe V., Robotics. Vol 1.

Mechanic system, Politehnica Publishing

House, 2009, 302 pages (published in

Romanian), ISBN 978-973-625-610-3

4. Dolga V., Maniu I., Ciupe V., Ivan Bogdanov,

Rădulescu C., Varga S., Robotics. Vol 2. Operation

system, Politehnica Publishing House, 2009, 399

pages (published in Romanian), ISBN 978-973-

625-996-8


5. Ivan Bogdanov, Maniu I., Dolga V., Rădulescu

C., Varga S., Ciupe V., Robotics. Vol 3. Drivingn

system, Politehnica Publishing House, 2009, 217

pages (published in Romanian), ISBN 978-973-

625-903-6

6. Maniu I., Rădulescu C., Varga S., Dolga V., Ivan

Bogdanov, Ciupe V., Robotics. Vol 4.

Applications, Politehnica Publishing House,

2009, 297 pages (published in Romanian), ISBN

978-973-625-842-8

7. Ioan JIVET, Design Digital Systems using

HDL Description, Orizonturi Universitare

Publishing House 2009, 138 pages, ISBN 978-

973-638-418-9

PUBLISHED PAPERS

1. Ivan Bogdanov, R.Mârşu, V. Tiponuţ, Matlab

Model for Spiking Neural networks, WSEAS

International Conference on SYSTEMS,

Rhodes, Rodos Island, Greece, 22-24 iulie

2009, pp. 533-538, ISBN 978-960-474-097-0,

ISSN 1790-2769

2. I. Jivet, V. Gui, A. Brindusescu, Multiple 3D

Sensor Views Object Models Correspondence,

Proceedings of the 13th WSEAS Int. Conf. On

Systems, pp. 484-490, ISBN 978-960-474-097-0

3. I. Jivet, Architecture of an On Electrode

Integrated Electronics with an All Digital

Interface for EIT, IFMBE Proceedings

Conference on Advancements of Medicine and

Health Care Through Technology, 4, ISBN

978-364-204-291-1

4. Firoiu, I.; Isar, D.; Boucher, J.-M.; Isar A,

Hyperanalytic Wavelet Packets, 6th

IEEE

International Symposium on Intelligent Signal

Processing, 26–28 August, 2009 Budapest,

Hungary, pp. 67-72, ISBN 978-1-4244-5058-9

5. Ivan Bogdanov, R. Mârşu, V. Tiponuţ, New

achievements in assistedmovement of visuality

impaired in outdoor environments, WSEAS

Transaction on Circuits and Systems, 8(9), pp.

177-186, ISSN 1109-2734

6. I. Lie, V. Tiponut, Ivan Bogdanov, S. Ionel, C.

Căleanu, Automated Meter Reading System for

Heat Costs Allocation, WSEAS Transaction on

Circuits and Systems, 2(8), pp. 102-108, ISSN

1109-2734

7. Negrea Catalin, Rangu Marius, Sequential

Sampling Time Domain Reflectometer, Proc.

15th International Symposium for Design and

Technology of Electronics Packages,

SIITME2009, Gyula, Hungary, pp. 367-371,

ISBN 978-1-4244-50330309

8. Pavol Bauer, Dan Lascu, Mihaela Lascu, Viorel

Popescu, Dan Negoiţescu, Mircea Băbăiţă,

Adrian Popovici, E-learning Practical Teaching

of Uncontrolled Rectifiers, EPE 2009, 8-10

September, Barcelona, 13th European

Conference on Power Electronics and

Applications P1-P10, ISBN 978-907-581-150-09

9. Gontean A., Szabo R., Lie I., LabVIEW

Powered Remote Lab, SIITME2009 – 15th

International Symposium for Design and

Technology of Electronics Packages, 17-20

Sep. 2009, Gyula, Hungary, pp. 335-340, ISBN

978-1-4244-50330309

10. Gontean A., Lie I., Szabo R., Using a Low

Cost Programmable Power Supply for

Automated Testing, SIITME 2009 – 15th

International Symposium for Design and

Technology of Electronics Packages, 17-20

Sep 2009, Gyula, Hungary, pp. 341-346, ISBN

978-1-4244-50330309

11. Popescu S., Gontean A., Lie I., Comparing

FPGA Behavioral Simulation, Post-route

Simulation with Real-life Experiments, SIITME 2009 – 15th International Symposium

for Design and Technology of Electronics

Packages, 17-20 Sep 2009, Gyula, Hungary,

pp. 335-340, ISBN 978-1-4244-50330309

12. Rangu Marius, Svasta Paul, A New Method for

Electrical Characterization of Interconnection

Structures, Annals of the University of

Craiova, Romania, 2009, 6(33), Nr. 1, pp. 89-

94, ISSN 1841-0626

13. Ivan Bogdanov, R. Mârşu, V. Tiponuţ, Matlab

Model for Spiking Neural networks, WSEAS

International Conference on SYSTEMS,

Rhodes, Rodos Island, Greece, 22-24 iulie

2009, pp. 533-538, ISBN 978-960-474-097-0,

ISSN 1790-2769

14. Jivet Ioan, Dragoi Beniamin, Design of

Autonomous On-electrode Electronics for EIT, 10th International Conference on Biomedical

Applications of Electrical Impedance

Tomography, Manchester, 16-19 June, 2009

15. I. Jivet, B. Dragoi, Architecture of an On

Electrode Integrated Electronics with an All

Digital Interface for EIT, 10th Int Conference

on Biomedical Applications of EIT, 16-19 June

2009, Univ. of Manchester, UK, EIT 2009

16. I. Jivet, Architectures for morphological

decomposition by reconstruction in real time,

The 9th

Int Symposium on Mathematical

Morphology, August 24-27, 2009, Groningen,

NL, Abstract Book, pp. 49-53

17. I. Jivet, Implementing High Speed Stereo

Disparity Calculation in a FPGA, 31th

Colloquium of Automation, Salzhausen, IAT

Univ Bremen, Nov 5–6 2009, 1 pp.

18. I. Jivet, Locating Object Posture with Multiple

3D Sensors, 31th. Colloquium of Automation,

Salzhausen, IAT Univ Bremen Nov 5–6 2009, 1 pp.

19. Gontean A., Szabo R., Comparison between

PIC and CompactRIO remote motor control,


17th Telecommunications forum Serbia,

Belgrade, November, pp. 24-26, 747-750

20. Popescu S., Gontean A., VIRTEX II Timing

-Simulation vs Reality, 17th Telecommunications

forum Serbia, Belgrade, November, pp. 24-26,

755-758

21. Gontean A., Szabo R., Remote temperature

measurement with and without FPGA, 17th

Telecommunications forum Serbia, Belgrade,

November 24-26, pp. 775-778

22. Lie I., Gontean A., A Low Power Heat Meter,

Proceedings of the International Conference on

Programmable Devices and Systems, Ostrava,

Czech Republic, February 10-12, 2009,

PDES'2009, pp. 275-280

23. Dragoi Beniamin, Procedural Design of a

CMOS Current Conveyor, Doctor Etc 2009,

Timisoara, UPT, 24-25.09.2009, pp. 17-22,

ISSN 2066-883X

24. Papazian Petru, Using PIC16F448 in Wireless

DC Motor Control, Doctor Etc 2009,

Timisoara, UPT, 24-25.09.2009, pp. 76-79,

ISSN 2066-883X

25. David Cristea, Virgil Tiponuţ, Tendencies on

Signal Conditioning Circuits, Doctor ETc

2009, 24-25 septembrie 2009, Timisoara, pp.

13-16, ISSN 2066-883X

26. Zoltan Haraszy, Daniel Inachiş, Virgil Tiponuţ,

Acoustic virtual relity generation with head

related transfer function visualization, Doctor

ETc 2009, 24-25 septembrie 2009, Timisoara,

pp. 40-44, ISSN 066-883X

27. Daniel Inachiş, Zoltan Haraszy, Virgil Tiponuţ,

Collision detection inspired by locust neural

system, Doctor ETc 2009, 24-25 septembrie

2009, Timisoara, pp. 45-48, ISSN 2066-883X

28. Lorincz Robert Istvan, Virgil Tiponut,

Schramel Coroban Vasile, A novel Initial Rotor

Position Estimation Method for BDLC Motor

Utilizing, Doctor ETc 2009, 24-25 septembrie

2009, Timisoara, pp. 55-60, ISSN 2066-883X

29. Sebastian Micut, Virgil Tiponuţ, E-NOISE

Type devices, Doctor ETc 2009, 24-25

septembrie 2009, Timisoara, pp. 61-66, ISSN

2066-883X

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Prof.dr.eng. Mircea CIUGUDEAN: Conception

of Analog Integrated Circuits and their Applications

Prof.dr.eng. Tiberiu MUREŞAN: Digital

Circuits, Industrial Robot Driving, Switched Mode

Power Supplies

Prof.dr.eng. Viorel POPESCU: Switched-Mode

Power Supplies, Industrial Electronics

Prof.dr.eng. Virgil TIPONUŢ: Analog Electronic

Circuits, Logic Programmed Systems, Sensors and

Transducers, Neural Networks

Prof.dr.eng. Mihail Eugen TĂNASE: Doppler

Telemetry

Prof.dr.eng. Ivan BOGDANOV: Industrial

Robots, Computer control of electrical drives

Prof.dr.eng. Sabin IONEL: DSP applications,

Statistical signal processing. Failure diagnosis

Prof.dr.eng. Horia CÂRSTEA: Electronic

Technology, Electrical Equipment Testing

Assoc.prof.dr.eng. Ioan JIVEŢ: Designing ASIC

(VLSI) Circuits, Design of Digital Systems with

Micro-Controllers and Micro-Processors, Clinical

Applications of Electrical Bio-impedance

Tomography

Prof.dr.eng. Aurel GONTEAN: Programmed

Logic Systems, Digital Circuits

Prof.dr.eng. Dan LASCU: High Frequency

Power Processors, Power Factor Correction

Circuits, Switched-Mode Power Supplies, CAD

Design in Power Electronics

Assoc.prof.dr.eng. Dan ANDREICIUC:

Industrial Robots, Mobile Robots

Prof.dr.eng. Dorina ISAR: Industrial Process

Control Equipment, Signal Processing for Signal /

Noise Ratio Enhancement

Lect.dr.eng. Lucian JURCA: Analog Electronic

Circuits

Assoc. prof. dr.eng. Adrian POPOVICI:

Industrial Electronics, Materials for Electronics

Assoc. prof. dr.eng Cătălin CĂLEANU:

Electronic Devices and Circuits

Assist.eng. Aurel FILIP: Analog Electronic

Circuits

Assist.eng. Sorin POPESCU: Analog Electronic

Circuits, Logic Programmed Systems

Assoc. prof. dr. eng. Ioan LIE: Electronics,

Doppler Telemetry

Assoc. prof. dr. eng. Dan NEGOIŢESCU:

Industrial Electronics, Power Factor Correction

Circuits

Assist.eng. MIRCEA BĂBĂIŢĂ: Digital Circuits

S.l.dr.eng. Valentin MARANESCU: Conception

of Analog Integrated Circuits

Assist.eng. Beniamin DRĂGOI: Conception of

Analog Integrated Circuits

Assist.eng. Marlene DĂNEŢI: DSP applications,

Statistical signal processing, Failure diagnosis

Assist.eng. Petru PAPAZIAN: Digital Circuits

Assist.eng. Bogdan MARINCA: Doppler Telemetry


DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

RESEARCH GROUP IN SIGNAL PROCESSING

RESEARCH FIELDS

Adaptive signal processing

Image processing

Digital watermarking

Time-frequency representations

Wavelets theory applications

Multiresolution analysis

Nonlinear signal processing

Neural networks

Coding

Compression

Communication networks

KEYWORDS

Signals Circuits and Systems, Adaptive Signal

Processing, Time-Frequency Representations,

Wavelets Theory and Applications, Nonlinear

Signal Processing, Neural Networks, Image

Processing, Microwave Technique, Theory of

Information and Coding, Data Transmission, Modern

Communication Networks, Telecommunication

Circuits, Digital Signal Processing, Digital

Watermarking, Data Transmission on Radio

Channels, Mobile Radio Communications

NATIONAL PROGRAMMES

1. ANCS grant type CAPACITATI PN II,

77/CP/II/13.09.2007, year 2009

Improvement of research & development basis in

the field of communications at the Faculty of

Electronics and Telecommunications, Politehnica

University of Timisoara, CDC

Value: 82.396 RON

Director: Prof.dr.eng. Ioan NAFORNITA

Members: Prof. dr. ing.Corneliu TOMA

Prof. dr. ing. Miranda NAFORNIŢĂ

Prof. dr. ing. Alexandru ISAR

Prof. dr. ing. Andrei CÂMPEANU

Prof. dr. ing.Marius OTEŞTEANU

Prof. dr. ing.Vasile GUI

Prof. dr. ing.Radu VASIU

Prof. dr. ing. Adrian MIHĂESCU

Conf. dr. ing. Eugen MÂRZA

Prof. dr.Florin ALEXA

Assoc.prof. dr. ing.Corina BOTOCA

Assoc.prof.dr.ing. Georgeta BUDURA

Asist. drd. ing. Călin SIMU

Lect. dr. ing Cornel BALINT

Lect. dr. Ing. Muguraş MOCOFAN

Lect. dr. ing Horia BALTĂ

As. drd. ing. Maria KOVACI

As. drd. ing. Radu LUCACIU

Lect. dr. ing. Nicolae MICLĂU

As. drd. ing. Janos GAL

As. drd. ing. Gheorghe-Daniel POPA

As. drd. ing. Marius OLTEAN

As. drd. ing. Andy VESA

lect. dr. ing. Corina NAFORNIŢĂ

As. drd. ing. Marius SĂLĂGEAN

lect. dr. ing. Marian BUCOS

As. dr. ing. Ciprian DAVID

As. drd. ing. Mihai ONIŢĂ


The goal of this project is the endowment of the

research & development laboratories of the

Communications Department, Faculty of

Electronics and Telecommunications (Politehnica

University of Timisoara) with modern equipment.

These laboratories have as objective the main

branches of this particular important R&D domain

from the National Strategy entitled Information

Technology and Communications.

This is one of the most dynamical fields of

R&D at the present moment in Romania; it has a

contribution of over 10% in the Gross National

Product (GNP). The level of development from the

west region of the country tends to be closer in this

case to the global medium level. An important trend

in the field is the development of integrated systems

that transmit and process all types of data and

information.

Both the technology and the technical standards

organizations are driving toward integrated public

systems that make virtually all data and information

sources around the world easily and uniformly

accessible. Such a system allows integration of

services such as telephony, television, and data

communications. Computer networks are being

widely used as architecture of a communications

system.


New investments in the infrastructure of Research-

Development-Innovation were made. The value of the

contract for the year 2009 was 82.396 RON.

The lab of Signals and Systems has developed,

since 2008, a contract with a telecommunications

industry leading firm, Alcatel-Lucent, with a value

of 54.000 RON.

The equipped laboratories were:

Information Theory and Coding (room

B219)


The laboratory of Information Theory and

Coding (room B219)

The laboratory of Information Theory and

Coding (room B219)

Radio communications (room B714)

The laboratory of Radiocommunications (room

B714)

The laboratory of Radiocommunications (room B714)

Research Laboratory

B712b-The research laboratory

The main beneficiaries of improvement of the

equipment were students which could made experiments

in modern labs.

The following disciplines were beneficiary of project:

Signal Circuits and Systems, Theory of Information

Transmission, Computer networks architecture, Data

communications, Telecommunications Circuits, Network

Protocols, Telecommunications Traffic, Optimizing

telecommunications networks, Software for

Telecommunications, Internet Data Security, Integrated

digital networks, Systems for Digital commutation,

Radio Communications, Multimedia.

B712a-Research laboratory


Summary of project:

1. New investments in the infrastructure of

Research-Development-Innovation 2576,455

thousands RON

2. Value of investment in infrastructure and

communications services 1717,6 thousands RON

3. Number of labs involved in: 8

RESEARCH PROJECTS

1. CNCSIS IDEI, ID_930, 667/19.01.2009, Using

Wavelets Theory for Decision Making

Director: Alexandru Isar

Value: 999.000 RON (87.448 on 2009)

Members: Prof.dr.eng Ioan Nafornita,

Assoc.prof.dr.eng Sorin MOGA

(Telecom Bretagne)

Prof. Andrei Campeanu,

Lect. dr. eng. Corina NAFORNITA

Drd. Ioana FIROIU

Prep.drd. Cristina STOLOJESCU

Web site:

http://www.tc.etc.upt.ro/cercetare/CNCSIS_Idei/cncsisID.htm


Making decisions is a branch of artificial

intelligence that is more and more used in complex

applications like medicine (using a diagnostic a

treatment decision is made), geology (using images

of a region some hypotheses regarding the

underground composition and some decision about

extraction are made) or communications (using

information about the functioning of each element

of a communication network some decisions about

the resources allocation are made, for example of

the frequency bandwidths). According to Bob

Colwell, any machine can have artificial

intelligence. This must be developed on the basis of

understanding and imitation of the human brain.

The intelligence results from the action of a large

group of specialized neurons that use a world model

based on memory to make a continuous series of

predictions of future events. The neural networks of

the cortex must be interpreted like a distributed

memory of pattern sequences stoked in an invariant

form, hierarchically arranged, accessed in an

associative fashion. Between the neural network

applications already known we can find

applications in decision making for medicine,

geology and communications. To make a correct

decision, the decider must have the information in

an appropriate form. This is the reason why

frequently are used alternative representations of

information. A very interesting representation is in

this respect the wavelet decomposition. In this

project we want to associate the wavelets theory

with the neural network theory to solve problems of

decisions making in medicine, in geology and in

communications. To do this we associated the

competences of two senior researchers in the field

of neural networks with the competences in the

wavelet theory of all six members of our research

team.


Activity: The study of intelligent segmentation

techniques for SONAR images based on the

association of wavelets with neural networks.

Results:

Papers published.

In journals:

Firoiu I., Naforniţă C., Boucher J.M., Isar A.,

Image Denoising Using a New Implementation of

the Hyperanalytic Wavelet Transform, IEEE

Transactions on Instrumentation and

Measurements, vol. 58, Issue 8, August 2009, pp.

2410-2416, ISI Web of Knowledge, Digital Object

Identifier 10.1109/TIM.2009.2016375, ISSN 0018-

9456, Impact factor: 0,978 (2008),

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber

=5159565&isYear=2009.

I. Buciu, I. Naforniţă, Feature extraction

through phase congruency for facial expression

analysis, International Journal of Pattern

Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, Special

Issue on Facial Image Processing and Analysis,

Volume 23, Issue 3, 617-635, 2009, ISI Web of

Knowledge.

Alexandru Isar, Sorin Moga, Dorina Isar, A

New Denoising System for SONAR Images,

EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing,

Hindawi Publishing Corporation, Volume 2009

(2009), Article ID 173841, doi: 10. 1155/ 2009/

173841 http://www.hindawi, INSPEC

In proceedings of the international conferences

organized abroad the country:

Corina Naforniţă, Alexandru Isar, Maria

Kovaci, Increasing Watermarking Robustness using

Turbo Codes, Proc. WISP 2009, 6th IEEE



Hungary, pp. 113-118, ISBN 978-1-4244-5058-9,

ISI Proceddings.

Ioana Firoiu, Dorina Isar, Jean-Marc Boucher,

Alexandru Isar, Hyperanalytic Wavelet Packets,

Proceedings WISP 2009, 6th IEEE International

Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing, 26–28

August, 2009 Budapest, Hungary, pp. 67-72, ISBN

978-1-4244-5058-9, ISI Proceedings.

In the proceedings of international conferences

organized in our country:

Ioana Firoiu, Alexandru Isar, Jean-Marc

Boucher, An Improved Version of the Inverse

Hyperanalytic Wavelet Transform, Proceedings of

IEEE International Symposium SCS’09, Iaşi,

Romania, July 9-10, 2009, ISBN 1-4244-0968-3,

pp. 13-16, ISI Proceedings.

http://www.tc.etc.upt.ro/cercetare/

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=5159565&isYear=2009

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=5159565&isYear=2009

http://webhost.uoradea.ro/ibuciu/jpub8.html




http://www.hindawi/


Marius Oltean, Alexandru Isar, On the Time-

Frequency Localization of the Wavelet Signals with

Application to Orthogonal Modulation ,

Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium

SCS’09, Iasi, Romania, July 9-10, 2009, ISBN 1-

4244-0968-3, pp. 173-176, ISI Proceedings.

Cristina Stolojescu, Alina Cuşnir, Sorin Moga,

Alexandru Isar, Forecasting WiMAX BS Traffic by

Statistical Processing in the Wavelet Domain,




Corina Naforniţă, Alexandru Isar, On the Choice

of the Mother Wavelet for Perceptual Data Hiding,




Ioan Buciu, Ioan Naforniţă, Non-negative

Matrix Factorization Methods for Face Recognition

under Extreme Lighting Variations, Proceedings of

IEEE International Symposium SCS’09, Iasi,

Romania, July 9-10, 2009, ISBN 1-4244-0968-3,

pp. 125-128, ISI Proceedings.

Contact person:

[email protected]

2. CNCSIS grant No. 403, CODE TD-403, type

Grant for young Ph.D. Students, Title: Optimization

Techniques for Radio Channels Transmission

Director: Marius Oltean

Value: 42.500 RON (1.770 RON on 2009)


The project is focused on modern multi-carrier

approaches based on wavelet functions. The

investigated technique is referred to as Wavelet

OFDM. It is shown that this method mitigates some

of the traditional OFDM drawbacks (high

sensitivity to frequency and time synchronization

errors, insufficient out of band rejection, efficiency

reduced by the cyclic prefix).


1. PhD thesis finalized

M. Oltean, Contribution to the optimization of data

transmission through radio channels, using wavelet

functions, ISBN 978-606-554-050-7, Editura

POLITEHNICA Timisoara.

2. Two papers presented at IEEE conferences

M. Oltean, A. Isar, On the time-frequency

localization of the wavelet signals, with application

to orthogonal modulations, Proceedings of

ISSCS'09, Iaşi, July 2009, pp.173-177.

M. Oltean, M. Naforniță, Errors per Scale Statistics

for a Wavelet OFDM transmission in Flat Fading

Channels, Proceedings of WISP’09, Budapesta,

August 2009, pp. 119-124.

Contact person:


PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

1. Andrei Câmpeanu, János Gál, Adaptive method

for signal processing, Politehnica Publishing

House, 407 pages (published in Romanian),

ISBN 978-973-625-605-9

2. Kovaci Maria, Contributions in performances

analysis and improvements of turbo codes used

in flat fading channels, Ph.D Thesis,

Politehnica Publishing House, 160 pages,

ISBN 978-973-625-994-4

3. Isar Alexandru, Kovaci Maria, Network security,

Politehnica Publishing House, Distance

Learning course, 151 pages

4. Balta Horia, Kovaci Maria, Teoria Informaţiei şi

a codării. Indrumător de lucrări de laborator,

http://www.tc.etc.upt.ro/teaching/tic/Indrumator

TIC.pdf, 48 pages, published online

5. Balta Horia, Kovaci Maria, Lucaciu Radu, Teoria

Informaţiei şi a codării. Culegere de probleme

vol.1, http://www.tc.etc.upt.ro/, teaching/tic/

CulegereTIC1.pdf, 65 pages, published online

6. Corina Naforniţă, Signals and Systems, vol. 1,

Politehnica Publishing House, 355 pages, ISBN

978-606-554-013-2 (978-606-554-014-9 vol I)

7. Corina Botoca, Vasile Gui, Florin Alexa,

Georgeta Budura, Metode de interpretare şi

prelucrare asistată a imaginilor medicale,

Politehnica Publishing House, 240 pages,

ISBN 978-973-625-980-7

PAPERS

1. I. Buciu and Ioan Nafornita, Feature extraction

through phase congruency for facial

expression analysis, International Journal of

Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence,

Special Issue on Facial Image Processing and

Analysis, Volume 23, Issue 3, pp. 617-635,

2009, ISSN 0218-0014

2. Ioana Firoiu, Corina Nafornita, Jean Marc

Boucher, Alexandru Isar, Image Denoising

Using a New Implementation of the

Hyperanalytic Wavelet Transform, IEEE

Transactions on Instrumentation and

Measurements, vol. 58, Issue 8, August 2009,

pp. 2410-2416, ISSN 0018-9456

3. Nafornita Corina, Alexandru Isar, On the

Choice of the Mother Wavelet for Perceptual

Data Hiding, IEEE International Symposium

on Signals, Circuits and Systems ISSCS 2009,

Iasi, Romania, 9-10 July 2009, vol. 1, pp. 233-

236, ISBN 978-1-4244-3784-9

4. Nafornita Corina, Alexandru Isar, Maria

Kovaci, Increasing Watermarking Robustness

using Turbo Codes, IEEE International

Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing

http://www.tc.etc.upt.ro/teaching/tic/IndrumatorTIC.pdf

http://www.tc.etc.upt.ro/teaching/tic/IndrumatorTIC.pdf

http://www.tc.etc.upt.ro/,%20teaching


WISP 2009, Budapest, Hungary, 26-28 August

2009, pp. 113 – 118, ISBN 978-1-4244-5058-9

5. Ioan Buciu, Ioan Nafornita, Non-negative

Matrix Factorization Methods for Face

Recognition under Extreme Lighting

Variations, 2009 IEEE International

Symposium in Signals, Circuits & Systems

(ISSCS 2009), Vol. 2, pp. 125-128, 2009,

ISBN 978-1-4244-3784-9

6. Kovaci Maria, Balta Horia, Nafornita

Miranda, On Using Turbo Codes Over Rice

Flat Fading Channels, Proceedings of

International Symposium SCS, ISSCS 2009,

Iasi, July, 09-10, 2009, pp. 461-464, ISBN

978-1-4244-3784-9

7. Ioana Firoiu, Alexandru Isar, Jean-Marc

Boucher, An Improved Version of the Inverse

Hyperanalytic Wavelet Transform, Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium

SCS’09, Iaşi, Romania, July 9-10, 2009, pp.

13-16, ISBN 978-1-4244-3784-9

8. Cristina Stolojescu, Alina Cuşnir, Sorin Moga,

Alexandru Isar, Forecasting WiMAX BS Traffic

by Statistical Processing in the Wavelet

Domain, Proceedings of IEEE International

Symposium SCS’09, Iaşi, Romania, July 9-10,

2010, pp. 177-180, ISBN 978-1-4244-3784-9

9. Ioana Firoiu, Dorina Isar, Jean-Marc Boucher,

Alexandru Isar, Hyperanalytic Wavelet

Packets, Proceedings WISP 2009, 6th IEEE



Hungary, pp. 67-72, ISBN 978-1-4244-5058-9

10. Botoca Corina, R.Bardan, M. Botoca, F. Alexa,

Prediction of Prostate Capsule Penetration

using Neural Networks, Recent Advances in

COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, MAN

-MACHINE SYSTEMS and CYBERNETICS

(CIMMACS '09) Puerto De La Cruz, Canary

Islands, Spain, December 14-16, 2009, pp. 28-

33, ISSN 1790-5117, ISBN 978-960-474-035-2

11. M. Oltean, M. Nafornita, Errors per Scale

Statistics for a Wavelet OFDM Tansmission in

Flat Fading Channels, Proceedings of

WISP’09, Budapesta pp. 119-124, ISBN 978-

1-4244-5058-9

12. M. Oltean, A. Isar, On the time-frequency

localization of the wavelet signals, with

application to orthogonal modulations, Proceedings of ISSCS-2009, Iasi, pp. 173-176,

ISBN 978-1-4244-3784-9

13. Budura Georgeta, Balint Cornel, Marza Eugen,

Comparative Results in GSM/GPRS Networks

Modeling According to Erlang-B and Engset

Traffic Models, The 13th WSEAS Int. Conf. on

Communications, Recent Advances in

Communications, pp. 172-177, ISBN 978-960-

474-098-7

14. Budura Georgeta, Balint Cornel, Marza Eugen,

Traffic Modeling and Performance Evaluation

in GSM/GPRS Networks, The 13th WSEAS

Int. Conference on Communications, Recent

Advances in Communications, pp. 147-152,

ISBN 978-960-474-098-7

15. Budura Georgeta, Balint Cornel, Adrian

Budura, Radio Resources Dimensioning

According to Different Allocation Strategies in

GSM/GPRS Networks, Recent Advances in

Computational Intelligence, Man -Machine

Systems and Cybernetics, Proceedings of the

8th WSEAS Int. Conf, CIMACS, pp. 168-173,

ISBN 978-960-474-144-1

16. Budura Adrian, Silviu Crisan, Budura

Georgeta, A New Approximating Model for the

Time Invariant Nonlinear Operators with

Fading Memory, Recent Advances in

Computational Intelligence, Man-Machine

Systems and Cybernetics, Proceedings of the

8th WSEAS Int. Conf, CIMACS, 174-179,

ISBN 978-960-474-144-1

17. MANGRI Marin, NAFORNIŢĂ Monica,

Tracing Method with Intra and Inter Protocols

Correlation, Journal of Electrical and Electronics

Engineering, pp. 165-169, ISSN 1844-6035

18. Alexandru Isar, Sorin Moga, Dorina Isar, A

New Denoising System for SONAR Images,

EURASIP Journal on Image and Video

Processing, Hindawi Publishing Corporation,

Volume 2009, doi: 10.1155/ 2009/ 173841,

Revista cu difuzare electronica, Article ID

173841 1687-5176, e-ISSN 1687-5281

19. R. Bardan, Botoca Corina, M. Botoca, G.

Budura, Neural Networks Assisted Prediction

Of Prostate Confinement Of Adenocarcinoma, Timişoara Medical Journal, vol. 51. nr. 1, pp.

70-76, ISSN 1583-5251

20. Budura Georgeta, Balint Cornel, Budura

Adrian, Marza Eugen, Traffic Models and

Associated Parameters in GSM/(E)GPRS

Networks, WSEAS Transactions on

Communication, Issue 8, Vol. 8, 2009, pp. 833-

842, ISSN 1109-2742

21. Botoca Corina, R. Bardan, M. Botoca, F.

Alexa, Organ Confinement of Prostate Cancer.

Neural Networks Assisted Prediction, Meditech

Cluj, 23-26 September 2009, IFMBE

Proceedings, Springer Verlag Series, pp. 287-

290, ISSN 1680-0737

22. Botoca Corina, Gui Vasile, Budura Georgeta,

Alexa Florin, Bucuras Viorel, Dema Alice,

Botoca Mircea, Bardan Razvan, Studii vizând

dezvoltarea unui sistem bazat pe retele


neuronale pentru diagnosticul si prognosticul

unor afectiuni urologice, Revista de politica

stiintei si scientometrie, Vol. VI Numar Special

2009, 40 pp., ISSN 1582-1218

23. Kovaci Maria, Balta Horia, On Using Turbo

Coding over Rayleigh Flat Fading Channels, International Conference on Engineering

Technologies-ICET 2009, Novi Sad, April 28-

30 2009, pp. 149-154, ISBN 978-86-7892-161-2

24. Balta Horia, Kovaci Maria, Botiz Ciprian,

Poenaru Cristian, Bit Decoding Versus Symbol

Decoding in Multi-Binary Turbo Decoders, International Conference on Engineering

Technologies-ICET 2009, Novi Sad, April 28-

30 ICET 2009, pp. 145-148, ISBN 978-86-

7892-161-2

25. János Gál, Andrei Câmpeanu, Ioan Naforniţă, Esimation of Chirp Signals by Extended

Kalman Filtering, Lucrările sesiunii de

comunicări ştiinţifice "Doctor Etc 2009", pp.

35-40, ISSN 2066-883x

26. Andy VESA, Space-Time Block Coding for

Wireless Communications, Lucrările sesiunii

de comunicări ştiinţifice "Doctor Etc 2009",

pp. 107-110, ISSN 2066-883x

27. Simu Calin, A generator for synthetic

electrocardiographic signals, Doctor ETc

2009, 24-25 septembrie 2009, Timisoara, pp.

103-106, ISSN 2066-883X


1. Scientific Supervisor: Prof. dr. eng. Ioan

NAFORNIŢĂ

PhD students

Mirela BIANU, Contributions on adaptive

signal processing in telecommunications

Cristian IGNEA, Contributions on finding and

measurement antenna parameters

Adrian FILIPESCU, Contributions on Digital

Filters Optimal Design

Romulus REIS, Non-Stationary Signal

Description by Non-Parametrical Method

Janos GAL, Contributions on Kalman Filters

Use in Telecommunications

Marius SALAGEAN, Non-Stationary Signal

Description by Non-Parametrical Method

Florin VANCEA, Data Protection in

Communication Networks

Andy VESA, Improvement of Digital Radio

Systems Detection,

Mircea COSER, Systems Optimization using

TRIZ Technique,

Teodora PELA, Traffic Optimization on

Metropolitan Area Networks,

Adina DABA, Non -Stationary Signal

Description by Non-Parametrical Method,

Florin Dumitru CHIS, Improving Security

Level In Broadband Networks.

Arpad IOZSA, first year student.

Mirela MIOC, first year student.

2. Scientific Supervisor: Prof. dr. eng. Miranda

NAFORNIŢĂ

PhD students:

Radu LUCACIU, Optical communication

systems with OCDMA

Maria KOVACI, N-PSK multiresolution

modulations in the COFDM hierarchical

systems

Caius ULITA, Equalizers for radio channel

modems

Mirela VIOR, Quality transmission

improvement using turbo codes

Sorin POPA, Synchronization techniques

improvement for radio channel transmission

systems

Marius OLTEAN, Radio channel equalization

using cyclic prefix

Florin Lucian MORGOS, Radio channels

equalization techniques improvement

Ioan CARLIA, Collaborative adhoc wireless

mobile networks

Marin MANGRI, Optimizarea tracing-ului la

protocoalele de timp real din IMS (IP

Multimedia Subsystems)

Calin SIMU, Acquisition of EKG signals using

Bluetooth

3. Scientific Supervisor: Prof. dr. eng. Alexandru

ISAR

PhD students:

Ioana Firoiu (Adam), Despeckling of sonar

images by multi-resolution filtering

Cristina Stolojescu (first year student)

Victor CUTEANU, Contributii la proiectarea

unui receptor de satelit

Petru LAZAR, Protocoale utilizate in retele de

comunicatii wireless

Ioan ANDOR, Tehnici de asigurare a

securitatii in retele de comunicatii wireless

Beatrice, ARVINTI, Prelucrarea inteligenta a

electrocardiogramelor pentru monitorizare la

distanta

Lucian, ARDELEAN, Tehnici de reducere a

interferentelor in tehnologia WiMAX

PHD THESES SUSTAINED Maria KOVACI: Contributions in

performances analysis and improvements of

turbo codes used in flat fading channels,

Scientific supervisor Prof. dr. eng. Miranda

NAFORNITA

Mircea COSER, Contribuţii privind

optimizarea sistemelor folosind tehnica TRIZ,

Scientific supervisor Prof. dr. eng. Ioan

NAFORNITA

http://www.etc.upt.ro/ro/cercetare/conferinte/dretc-2009


RESEARCH TEAM

Prof.dr.eng. Ioan NAFORNIŢĂ: Signals,

Circuits and Systems, Adaptive Signal Processing,

Time-frequency Representations, Wavelets Theory’s

Applications, Microwave Techniques, Image

processing, Digital watermarking

Prof.dr.eng. Miranda NAFORNIŢĂ: Theory of

Information and Coding, Data Transmission,

Signals, Circuits and Systems, Modern

Communication Networks

Prof.dr.eng. Alexandru ISAR: Signals, Circuits

and Systems, Wavelets Theory’s Applications,

Time-frequency Representations, Compression,

Coding

Prof.dr.eng. Andrei CÂMPEANU:

Telecommunication Equipment Technology,

Telecommunication Circuits

Assoc. Prof. dr. eng. Corina BOTOCA:

Microwave Techniques, Signals, Circuits and

Systems, Neural networks

Assoc.Prof.dr.eng. Georgeta BUDURA: Signals,

Circuits and Systems, Nonlinear Signal Processing,

Telecommunication Circuits

Lect.dr.eng. Cornel Balint: Speach coding,

Telecommunications network, Digital Switching

Lect.dr.eng. Horia BALTĂ: Optical Transmission

and Processing of Information, Statistical Theory of

Information Transmission, Theory of Information and

Coding

Assist.eng. Maria KOVACI: Statistical Theory of

Information Transmission, Theory of Information and

Coding, Signals Circuits and Systems

Assist.eng. Janos GAL: Signals, Circuits and

Systems, Telecommunication Circuits

Assist.eng. Radu LUCACIU: Optical

Transmission and Processing of Information

Lect. dr. eng. Nicolae MICLĂU: Optical

Transmission and Processing of Information, Theory

of Information and Coding

Lect.dr.eng. Corina NAFORNIŢĂ: Digital

Signal Processing, Digital Watermarking

Assist.eng. Marius OLTEANU: Data

Transmission on Radio Channels

Assist.eng. Marius SĂLĂGEAN: Signals,

Circuits and Systems

Assist.eng. Andy VESA: Radio communication,

Wireless communications

CONTACT PERSON

Prof. dr. eng. Ioan NAFONIŢĂ

Tel: +40-256-403302


RESEARCH GROUP IN IMAGE PROCESSING AND MULTIMEDIA

TECHNOLOGIES

RESEARCH FIELDS

Television and Digital Television

Image Compression

Digital Image Processing

Motion Analysis

Pattern Recognition

Interactive Multimedia Techniques

Media Streaming

Multimedia Databases

Internet Security Techniques

E-learning

Advanced learning technologies

WWW, Hypermedia and Internet

KEYWORDS

Image Processing, Sound Processing, Multimedia,

Image Compression, Interactive Applications, Web

Services, E-learning

INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

1. LLP project: “VICADIS – Virtual Campus for

Digital Students”, Agreement 2007-2611/001-001,

Project number 134039-LLP-1-2007-1-RO-

ERASMUS-EVC



Director: Prof.dr.eng. Radu VASIU

Value: 365.747 EURO

Members: Assoc.lect.eng. Diana ANDONE

Lect.dr.eng. Mugur MOCOFAN

Lect.dr.eng. Marian BUCOS

Assist.eng. Mihai ONITA

Assist. Delia ROBESCU-TANASE

Eng. Marius CONDREA

Lucia RAZMERITA, journalist

Cristian TECU, PhD student

Iasmina ERMALAI, PhD student

Andrei TERNAUCIUC, PhD student

Bogdan DRAGULESCU, PhD student

Partners: Universita degli Studi di Palermo, Italy

Baltic Education Technologies Institute,

Lithuania

University of Miskolc, Hungary

Oulu University of Applied Sciences,

Finland

University of Brighton, UK

VISIONI Di Caro arch. Ernesta, Italy

Euro-Contact Business School, Hungary

BRIDGEMAN SRL, Romania

JME Associates Ltd, UK

FIELD DESCRIPTION

The main objective is to build a virtual campus for

digital students aimed at providing open

educational resources and tools available and

accessible for all students and ensuring the

interoperability between the different eLearning

environments used in the partner universities.

Aims of the project:

• To overview and implement emerging tools and

technology commonly referred to as "social

software" that can create personal as opposed to

institutional learning environments, as well as the

mobile learning tools.

• To support practitioners in becoming aware of the

new features of the digital students, to learn to

effectively use and develop resources with new

digital technologies and new communication tools

in ways that are aligned with what they want to

achieve educationally.

• To provide the organisational and technical

framework for the development of an interoperable

virtual campus

• To make available a virtual campus based on

Open Educational Resources which will offer a

free, open personal learning environment

• To improve the quality of education in eLearning

by international co-operation and by new

methodological approach to learning. The project

intends to develop an interoperable virtual campus,

not a new one to replace the existing ones used in

the universities, and to provide a new methodology

based on modern techniques of education such as

open sources, adaptability and interactive learning.

• To evaluate, test and transfer the ICT tools,

pedagogical methodology and the Set of Guidelines

to other education and training areas and

throughout Europe.

The main scope of ViCaDiS is to provide an

accessible and attractive environment for all

students within the Member States, using already

existing tools which will be enhanced with new

tools wanted by the new generation of students. By

providing students the tools which they use anyway

extensively outside the institutional framework of

learning (wiki, blogs, forums, IM, podcasting, RSS)

ViCaDiS will support the learning attractiveness of

the university curricula, will improve the quality of

the learning process by encouraging the exchange

of information/knowledge between students from

different universities, and will reduce university

drop-out or student de-motivation for learning. It

will also produce an instructional or pedagogical

shift inside the universities eLearning moving the

focus from the education materials and technology

to the user- student, to user generated content.

In ViCaDiS, a wide range of ODL actors from EU

and CEE countries will focus on developing an

innovative approach for enhancing international

eLearning by moving the strength from the

institutional learning environment to the personal

learning environment (PLE) which focuses on

students. It will also produce an instructional or

pedagogical shift inside universities eLearning

moving the focus from the education materials and

technology to the user-student, to user generated

content.

The main objective is to build a virtual campus for

digital students aimed at providing open

educational resources and tools available and

accessible for all students and to ensure the

interoperability between the different eLearning

environments used in the partner universities.


The goal of ViCaDiS is to create an attractive

environment for all students within the Member

States, using already existing tools which will be

enhanced with new tools wanted by the new

generation of students. An innovative multilingual

ICT-based environment unique in Europe (as an

international virtual campus), it will incorporate

several open educational resources (library,

glossary, external links, student projects, course

activities), open educational tools (wiki, blog,

forum, calendar, podcasting, instant messaging

communication, audio-video conferencing over IP,

RSS, mobile text messaging, mobile accessibility to

ViCaDiS) and will promote social networking as an

instructional method.

The project workpackages are:

Developing and testing of the ViCaDiS

scenario

ViCaDiS tools design and implementation

Piloting/testing and evaluation of ViCaDiS

Evaluation and elaboration of the Set of

Guidelines

Exploitation of ViCaDiS

Dissemination and Awareness raising of

ViCaDiS

Project management of ViCaDiS

The main outcomes of the project are:

open personal learning environment

methodology

ViCaDiS scenarios

ViCaDiS multilingual virtual campus: online

environment and mobile environment based on

Open Educational Resources

Multilingual web portal

Multilingual Set of Guidelines (on paper, CD

and online)

ViCaDiS evaluation

Promotional and multiplication materials

2. Leonardo da Vinci II project “Creative

Trainer”, Agreement LLP/LdV/TOI/2007/AT/19


Value: 20.082 EURO







Tatiana TERNAUCIUC

Partners: University of Graz, Austria

SFG Graz, Austria

University of Wien, Austria

University of Marburg, Slovenia

College Drenthe, Netherlands

Innova Venice, Italy

FIELD DESCRIPTION:

The main aim of the project is to disseminate the

creativity technique „idea machine“ via developing

a training course on this topic, to train partners from

Europe and to carry out national training courses in

the partner countries.

The methodology of the „idea machine“ is based on:

Working out a mass of ideas

Including insiders and outsiders in the idea

finding process

The second requirement of the Leonardo

programme is to transfer results from projects,

especially via training projects to Europe.

The project phases are:

Project management

Development of a training course

Pedagogical concept

Web-based learning materials

TTT- course

Company projects

National training courses

Certification

dissemination

The training course will consist on 3 modules:

Module 1: Ideamachine

Module 2: creativity and youth

Module 3: idea evaluation


3. Leonardo da Vinci II project “ESIL -

European Sustainable Innovation License (for

SME´s)”, Agreement LLP/LdV/TOI/2008/AT/23


Value: 11.157 EURO




Tatiana TERNAUCIUC

Partners: Cleaner Production Centre Graz,

Austria

Stenum GmbH, Austria

Bit Media E-Learning Solution,

Austria

University of Maribor, Slovenia

Enviros, Czech Republic

AREA Science Park, Italy

Insin, Germany

LTC, Sweden

Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland

Hess Innovation, Switzerland

FIELD DESCRIPTION:

Aims of the project:

1. Uniform understanding and model of an

innovation training (innovation & sustainabily)

2. Creating a Standard of Quality for Training of

Innovation management, incl. an examination

and a certificate „Innovation Licence“

(especially for SME´s)

3. Setting up a European Network & regular

conferences for SME„s

4. Creating an E-Learning platform

Estimated results of the project:

An integrated Training Concept for

"Sustainable Innovation Management",

combining existing and sucessfully proved

training materials. Considering the main barriers

for adult education and trainíng of people from

industry. (time, availability, costs, lack of

competences in structured problem solving)

An ESIL – Training Concept with an clear,

given structure: introduction module and

continuing, advanced training modules

2 days introduction training module (overview of innovation management and

sustainability) and

4 to 8 2-days advanced training modules

(innovation strategy and sustaimable

development, innovation and creativity,

tools for analysis of problems, tools for

generation ideas, tools for assessment and

protection of ideas, r&d-project management,…)

Consolidated Course Materials (slides, working

materials, text, …)

Coordinated Concept for Examinations and

Certification (Model: ECDL)

RESEARCH PROJECTS

1. CNCSIS IDEI, ID_930, 667/19.01.2009 Title:

Fuzing Statistic and Semantic Modeling in

Image Sequences Analysis

Director: Prof.dr.eng Vasile GUI

Value: 82.286 RON

Members: Prof.dr.eng. Florin ALEXA

Assoc.rof.dr.eng. Cătălin CĂLEANU

Teach assist. dr. eng. Ciprian DAVID

Teach assist. eng. Gheorghe POPA

Dr.eng. Georgiana SIMION


Probabilistically oriented approaches for image

sequence analysis have difficulties in modeling

complex situation encountered in real world

applications. To alleviate this problem, we propose

a new theoretical framework for fusing the

statistical thinking level with the semantical level in

the benefit of both. We will test the effectivenes of

the concept on object tracking and motion

estimation tasks, related to human body motion

analysis. We define three main research objectives.

The first one is the development of a semantically

guided kernel traker. The best method to exploit

semantic information extracted from the iamge

sequence through inference in the traking

performance improvement will be investigated. Our

second research objective is to find effective use of

the new sparse representation in motion modeling

and semantic inference. The third research

objective is to enhance a foreground/background

segmenter by higher level information extracted

from the processed image sequence.


Development of a semantically guided tracker

Robust background estimation

Contact person:

[email protected]

2. PNCD II project nr. 11-057/14.09.2007: Bio-

medical signal acquisition and remote

transmission over mobile computing equipments

BIOMED-TEL




Value 2009: 85.000 RON

Members: Prof.dr.eng. Coorneliu TOMA

Assoc.lect.eng. Diana ANDONE




PhD student Iasmina ERMALAI

PhD student Andrei TERNAUCIUC

PhD student Cristian TECU

PhD student Bogdan Dragulescu

Partners: Transilvania University of Brasov

Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

Siemens PSE Brasov

IBCI – Institute for Cardiovascular

Diseases Iasi

FIELD AND GRANT DESCRIPTION:

Cardiovascular affections are a prime cause of

mortality and morbidity in Romania. The risk of

cardiovascular morbidity and mortality remains

high despite the attempts of correcting the

cardiovascular risk factors. In the field of

cardiovascular pathology the death risk by

cardiovascular or vascular-cerebral accident persists

even after the patients have left the hospital.

Monitoring the health condition of these and the

analysis of evolution trends of the biophysical and

biochemical parameters represents an essential

prevention factor.

The project envisages research, design and

implementation of a flexible and self-adapting

system for the monitoring of biological signals.

Research and design activities will be oriented

towards developing a system architecture and

organization for remote monitoring and creating the

interfaces for acquisition, monitoring and remote

transmission to a hospital unit (hub). The signals

acquired from the patient include: heart bio-

potentials, blood pressure, blood O2 concentration,

heart and breath rate, temperature, blood glucose

concentration etc. The mobile computing

equipments (MCE) integrated in the systems will

be: Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), and/or „smart

phones” (mobile phones MP).

The project will use hard – and software platforms

(PDA and MP) of broad usability, which

correspond to the requirements of the application in

terms of computing power and also by their low

price. Based on intelligent interfaces that will be

designed, the system will automatically integrate

the sensors in „plug & play” mode and also adapt

its communication strategy with the hub/dispatcher

for cost minimization and for ensuring the

reliability and availability of the data link. It cannot

be neglected, that this system development strategy

will offer high versatility and scalability and will

allow for expanding project results beyond the field

of remote medicine.

The project will develop and integrate two

categories of intelligent interfaces: 1. specific to

signal acquisition from sensors placed on the

patient and 2. communication – dedicated (by wire

or wireless) necessary for warning/alert messages

transfer and also for data transfer to the hospital

hub. Remote data-transmission will allow for

communication technologies, like: Near Field

Communication (RFID, ZigBee, RuBee,

Bluetooth), remote wireless: GSM/GPRS, EDGE,

UMTS, Wi-Fi, WiMax as well as the wire based

ISDN and Ethernet.

The project is relevant to research direction “1 –

Information and communication Technology”,

theme priority: “1.6. Technologies for distributed

systems and embedded systems”, aimed at

developing of new technologies for integrated

systems based on biomedical sensors networks

(specific objective 1.6.14). The project objectives

envisage also the development of applications for

communication and computing embedded systems

(specific objectives 1.6.17 and 1.16.16) ensuring

local data processing and transmission to the

hospital hub.

The purpose is to develop new technologies for

integrated systems based on intelligent sensor

networks for monitoring biological signals, remote

transmission and processing for prevention and

diagnosis. Envisaged are both theory development

of architecture and organization of the systems for

intelligent sensor networks (wire based or wireless)

as well as practical implementation and testing of

the mobile monitoring system carried by the

patient. The proposal has innovative characteristics:

the architecture and organization; the „plug&play”

interfaces in compliance with the IEEE 1451

standard; the integration based on widespread

platforms (PDA, MP); processing, analysis and

detection of alerts using also „artificial intelligence”

methods, development of strategies allowing for

high reliability of the data link with the hospital

hub, all these are characteristics of a modern and

extremely useful solution for the developments in


the field of bioengineering. The project will create

the conditions for radically improved material bases

required for the monitoring of the main biological

parameters of the patient in the ambulatory which

will increase the efficiency of the medical art,

especially prevention, reduce the costs of medical

assistance and extend the experimental base, very

necessary in the field. Also, the formative

component, especially by integrating young

researchers in a field with real prospects contributes

to the relevance of the project.

MAIN ACTIVITIES:

Analysis of the current world wide

developments in the field of ambulatory

monitoring of biological parameters acquired

signals of processing techniques and methods,

instrumentation and dedicated sensors. The

stress will be laid on advanced signal

processing techniques for preventing or early

detection of the patient’s health state

deterioration;

Definition of the full specifications – hardware

and software for the monitoring application;

Development of system architecture and

organization, adequate for monitoring;

Design of acquisition and communication

interfaces at MCE in accord with the

specification including those regarding energy

consumption minimization;

Development of acquisition, processing,

analysis, storage/archiving, alert and

communication MCE programs with the hub

for the acquired signals;

Training of the young researchers, result

dissemination and increase of team visibility

for attracting new partners and creating

accession conditions to European funds;

Development of the material research bases of

the partners and subsequently of

interdisciplinary research laboratories:

electronics, medicine, telecommunication in

the four university centers. It is envisaged that

these will function financially autonomous

which will allow for the permanent updating of

the proposed system.

3. PNCD II project nr. 3598 / 2007 “Efficiency

Increasing of the Support Processes for

International Transfer on Managerial Know-

How in the Applicative Research and Innovation

Field” WINMAN


Value 2009: 53.200 RON





PhD student Iasmina ERMALAI

PhD student Andrei TERNAUCIUC

PhD student Cristian TECU

PhD student Bogdan DRAGULESCU

Partners: Academy of Economic Studies

Institute of National Economy

“Politehnica” University of Bucharest

Centre for Industries and Services

Economy

Bridgeman SRL

Commercial Academy Satu Mare

Artifex University

FIELD AND GRANT DESCRIPTION:

The coherent contribution to the triangle

competitivity – technological transfer – research-

innovation supposes the elaboration of new

methods and processes for knowledge management

for the research activities. The recognition of the

role of technology transfer mechanisms and / or of

the know-how elements are more an more

underlined by the academic areas, by the

partnerships between research – industry – financial

services companies. The role of the new

technologies in improving the productivity and the

competitivity of different economical sectors /

economic clusters / or even national economies

takes to the reconfiguration of the traditional

relations between the research results suppliers and

the final beneficiaries of those results. The XXI-st

century Romania is still characterized by significant

gaps regarding the technical efficiency, delays and

disfunctionalities in resource administration for the

adoption of new technologies in the industry. It is

absolutely necessary to correlate, on short term, the

requirements related to the increase of the

absorbtion capacity of the European founds and the

necessity to increase economic performance.

Consequently, new decision making models are

required, to the benefit of the industrial companies

in the field of human resources development for

Romania as a whole.


The consortium of the WINMAN project has the

purpose to elaborate and to propose models for

managerial processes and practical methods related

to different aspects of the research activities:

managerial transformation based on innovation

strategies, technological transfer as support for

knowledge based developments, intellectual

property rights implementation in the research

strategy, innovation support as source of

competitivity advantages, human resources

management in R&D activities.

MAIN ACTIVITIES:

Analysis of the risk factors in the evolution of

the international technology transfers,

especially at the level of small and medium

enterprises in Romania;

Realization of new models for the technology

transfer processes in the field of international

know-how management, according to the

specific Romanian conditions (business

intelligence)

Re-engineering of the processes related to

Intellectual Property, with the goal to involve

universities as main actors in the field

Creation of an intuitively and interactiv

instrument on the web (e-business portal), able

to support the use of the models of

international know-how management

Initiation of new collaborative business

processes in the field of technological transfers,

able to stimulate innovation in Romania.

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

1. Radu Vasiu, Corneliu Toma, Diana Andone,

Amintiri despre Multimedia/ Memories of

Multimedia, Ed. Politehnica, Timisoara, 2009,

110 pp, ISBN 978-973-625-965-4

2. Radu Vasiu, Diana Andone, ViCaDiS – Virtual

Campus for Digital Students. Set of Guidelines,

Ed. Politehnica, Timisoara, 2009, 146 pp,

ISBN 978-606-554-061-3

PAPERS

1. Diana Andone, Mark Frydenberg, Two Screens

and an Ocean: Collaborating Across

Continents and Cultures with Web-Based

Tools, International Conference ISECON

“Information Systems Educators”, Washington

DC, USA, Nov. 2009, CD version, paper 3162,

ISBN 1542-7382, 2009 Distinguished Paper

Award

2. Diana Andone, Jon Dron, Lyn Pemberton,

Developing a Desirable Learning Environment

for Digital Students, Journal of Technology,

Instruction and Learning (TICL), vol. 6, no. 4,

2009, pp. 253-271, ISSN 1540-0182

3. Mark Frydenberg, Diana Andone, Engaging

Digital Students in Global Learning: A

Conversation in Multimedia, Technology and

Culture, IADIS International Conference e-

Learning 2009 (part of MCCSIS 2009), 17-23

June 2009, Algarve, Portugal, pp. 73-80, ISBN

978-972-8924-83-6

4. Diana Andone, Mark Frydenberg, One Idea,

One Ocean, Two Countries and Tens of

Students, IADIS International Conference

“Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital

Age” CELDA 2009, 20-22 Nov. 2009, Rome,

Italy, pp. 388-391, ISBN 978-972-8924-95-9

5. Iasmina Ermalai, Radu Vasiu, Study Cases on

Specific LMSs Used in Romania and

Worldwide, 13th WSEAS International

Conference on Communications, 23-25 July

2009, Rodos, Greece, pp. 111-116, ISBN 978-

960-474-098-7

6. Iasmina Ermalai, Mugur Mocofan, Mihai

Onita, Radu Vasiu, Adding Semantics to

Online Learning Environments, 5th

International Symposium on Applied

Computational Intelligence and Informatics –

SACI 2009, 28-29 May 2009, pp. 569-573,

ISBN 978-1-4144-4478-6

7. Diana Andone, Mark Frydenberg, Are Digital

Students Learning the Same on Both Sides of

the Ocean?, AACE World Conference on E-

Learning in Corporate, Government,

Healthcare & Higher Education, E-Learn 2009,

26-30 Oct. 2009, Vancouver, Canada, pp. 819-

826, ISBN 1-880094-76-2

8. Radu Vasiu, Diana Andone, Nicolae Robu,

Interactions in CSID Online Learning

Environment, AACE World Conference on E-

Learning in Corporate, Government,

Healthcare & Higher Education, E-Learn 2009,

26-30 Oct. 2009, Vancouver, Canada, pp.

3734-3739, ISBN 1-880094-76-2

9. Diana Andone, Radu Vasiu, How a Virtual

Campus for Digital Students (ViCaDiS) Should


Be?, AACE World Conference on E-Learning

in Corporate, Government, Healthcare &

Higher Education, E-Learn 2009, 26-30 Oct.

2009, Vancouver, Canada, pp. 827-832, ISBN

1-880094-76-2

10. Radu Vasiu, Diana Andone, Nicolae Robu,

Ideas and Concepts of ViCaDiS – A Virtual

Campus for Digital Students, IADIS

International Conference “Cognition and

Exploratory Learning in Digital Age” CELDA

2009, 20-22 Nov. 2009, Rome, Italy, pp. 235-

242, ISBN 978-972-8924-95-9

11. Vasile Gui, Catalin Căleanu, On the

effectiveness of multiscale mode filters in edge

preserving image filtering, 13th

Multiconference on Circuits, Systems,

Communications and Computers, pp. 190-196

12. Simion G., Gui V., Otesteanu M., A New

Compositional Technique for Hand Gesture

Recognition, 13th WSEAS International

Conferece on Computers, Rhodes, Greece

2009, pp. 400-405, ISBN 978-960-474-099-4,

ISSN 1790-5109

13. Florin Alexa, Vasile Gui, Catalin Caleanu,

Ciprian David, Fast contour extraction, 8th

WSEAS International Conference on Circuits,

Systems, Electronics, Control & Signal

Processing (CSECS'09) Tenerife, Canary

Islands, Spain, December 14-16, 2009, pp.

232-235, ISSN 1790-5117

14. Ciprian David, Vasile Gui, Florin Alexa,

Foreground/background segmentation with

learned dictionary, 3rd International

Conference on Circuits, Systems and Signals

(CSS’09), pp. 197-201, ISSN 1790-5117,

ISBN 978-960-474-147-2

15. Fuiorea Daniela, Gui Vasile, Pescaru Dan,

Toma Corneliu, Kernel based image

registration versus MLESAC: a comparative

study, Proceedings of the 5th International

Symposium on Applied Computational

Intelligence and Informatics, SACI 09,

Universitatea "Politehnica", Timişoara, 20 May

2009, pp. 200-206, ISBN 1-4244-1234-X

16. D. Lacrămă, F. Alexa, Optimises homomorpic

structuring element for handwriting characters

skeleton, 8th WSEAS International Conference

on Computational Inteligence, Man-Machine

systems and cybernetics (CIMMACS'09)

Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands,

Spain, December 14-16, 2009, pp. 164-167,

ISSN 1790-5117

17. Negrea, R., Eckstein, A., Alexa, F., Fixed

point technique for a class of nonlinear

systems and application to stochastic

resonance, 14th WSEAS International

Conference on Applied Mathematics

(MATH'09) Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife,

Canary Islands, Spain, December 14-16,

2009, pp. 323-327, ISSN 1790-2769

18. Iasmina Ermalai, Diana Andone, Radu Vasiu,

Study Cases on eLearning Technologies Used

by Universities in Romania and Worldwide,

WSEAS Transactions on Communications,

vol. 8, nr. 8, pp. 785-794, ISSN 1109-2742

19. Simion G., Gui V., Otesteanu M., A Compositional Technique for Hand Gesture

Recognition: New Results, WSEAS

TRANSACTIONS on COMMUNICATIONS,

Issue 8, vol 8, 2009, pp. 805-821, ISSN

1109-2742

20. Simion G., Gui V., Otesteanu, M., Hand

Gesture Recognition Using Compositional

Techniques, 5th International Symposium on

Applied Computational Intelligence and

Informatics (SACI 2009), pp. 435 - 440, ISBN

978-1-4244-4477-9

21. Ioaneşiu Mirela, Toma Corneliu, Optimization

of SIP session setup delay for VOIP in 3G

wireless networks, The 4th International

Conference on Enginnering Technologies,

ICET 2009, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad,

Serbia, 28-30 April 2009, pp. 379-385, ISBN

978-86-7892-161-2

22. Ioaneşiu Mirela, Toma Corneliu, Support of

Voice services in IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs, The 4th International Conference on

Enginnering Technologies, ICET 2009,

University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia, 28-

30 April 2009, pp. 367-376, ISBN 978-86-

7892-161-2

23. Onita Mihai, Ermalai Iasmina, Ternauciuc

Andrei, Dragulescu Bogdan, Media Streaming

in Higher Education, Iadis International

Conference, "Cognition and Exploratory

Learning in Digital Age", CELDA 2009,

Rome, Italy, 20-22 November, pp. 373-377,

ISBN 978-972-8924-95-9

24. Mihai Onita, Andrei Ternauciuc, Bogdan

Dragulescu, Iasmina Ermalai, Streaming

Solutions at UPT, The 5th International

Scientific Conference, ELSE - E-Learning

and Software for Education, Bucuresti, 9 -

10 April 2009, pp. 151-157, ISSN 2066-

026X

25. Andrei Ternauciuc, Bogdan Dragulescu, Mihai

Onita, Radu Vasiu, Single Sign - On Solutions

for Moodle, International Conference

“eLearning and Software for Education” ELSE

2009, 9-10 April 2009, Bucharest, pp. 217-224,

ISBN 978-973-663-717-9.



1. Prof. dr. eng. Corneliu I. TOMA

PhD students:

Ionel STANCIU: Multimedia Communications

Over Wireless Networks

Andreea GĂLEANU: Contributions at the

performance improvement of the GSM system

Artur MULLER: Contributions in

implementing of the multimedia databases, with

local and remote access

Mirela L. IOANEŞIU: Contributions at the

network security by the using of the virtual private

networks (VPN)

Daniel C. HAIDUC: Contributions in the color

digital reproduction field

Radu TĂNASE: Ultrasound electronic systems

for the movement evaluation in the fluid

environment

Mihai I. ONIŢĂ: Video communications in

multimedia applications.

Florin-Josef LĂTĂREŢU: Contributions at the

intelligent telecommunication network achievement.

Alin SCOROŞANU

2. Prof. dr. eng. Marius Oteşteanu

PhD students:

Daniel POPA, Urmărirea obiectelor în

secvenţe video

Ion-Cosmin DITA, Detecţia şi recunoasterea

codurilor matriceale

Horia MUNTEAN, Reţele de comunicaţii

mobile 4G

Pross Wolfgang (Germania), Codarea pentru

corecţia erorilor la coduri matriceale

3. Prof. dr. eng. Radu VASIU

PhD students:

Artur SRAUM, Contributions to Interactive

Web Programming

Cristian TECU, Contributions to the Use of

Video, Photo and Audio Applications in

Professional Presentations

Andrei TERNAUCIUC, Contributions to the

Realization of Personalised Learning

Environments

Virgil ROTARU, IT Applications for e-

Government Systems

Bogdan DRAGULESCU, Contributions to the

Realization of e-Learning Platforms’ Interoperability

Andrei RUSAN, first year student

Michaela CALOTESCU, first year student

Daniel IVANC, first year student

Adrian POPESCU, first year student

Mohamed KUSAY, first year student

George MULEC

PHD THESIS SUSTAINED

Kay Erik BOENKE (Germania), Hierarchical

object localization for robotic bin picking, PhD

advisor: Prof. dr. eng. Marius OTEŞTEANU

Daniela Narcisa FUIOREA – BULUCEA:

Tehnici de aliniere a imaginilor utilizând estimare

neparametrică de densitate de probabilitate, PhD

advisor: Prof. dr. eng. Corneliu TOMA

Mircea TOMOROGA: Contributions at the

conception and design of the analogue integrated

circuits in CMOS technology, PhD advisor: Prof.

dr. eng. Corneliu TOMA and Prof. dr. eng. Mircea

CIUGUDEAN

Georgiana SÂRBU-DOAGĂ, A Compositional

Approach to Hand Gesture Recognition, PhD

advisor: Prof. dr. eng. Marius OTEŞTEANU

Iasmina ERMALAI, Contributions to the Use

of New Information Technologies in e-Learning,

PhD advisor: Prof. dr. eng. Radu VASIU

RESEARCH TEAM

Prof. dr. eng. Corneliu TOMA: Television,

Analogue Electronics, Image Compression, Motion

Analysis, Pattern, Recognition, Multimedia

Technologies;

Prof. dr. eng. Marius OTEŞTEANU: Television,

Telephone Transmission Systems, Information

Recording Techniques;

Prof. dr. eng. Vasile GUI: Image Processing,

Electronic Circuits and Devices;

Prof. dr. eng. Radu VASIU: Multimedia, Image

Compression, Digital Television, Interactive

Multimedia Applications, Web Services, E-learning;

prof. dr. eng. Florin ALEXA: Image and Sound

Processing;

Lect. dr. eng. Mugur MOCOFAN: Machine

Vision and Pattern Recognition, Multimedia, Studio

Equipment, Video Production;

Assoc. lect. dr. eng. Diana ANDONE: Multimedia

Applications, E-learning, Adaptive and Adaptable

Technology, Media Research;

Assoc. lect. eng. Daniel HAIDUC: Computer

Graphics, Animation Techniques;


Assist. eng. Constantin Marian BUCOS: Multimedia

Databases, Object Oriented Programming;

Assist. eng. Mihai ONITA: Audio-video Compression,

Digital Television, Multimedia Applications.

Contact Person

Prof. dr. eng. Corneliu I. TOMA

Department of Communications

Tel/fax: +40-256-403300


RESEARCH CENTER IN INSTRUMENTATION,

MEASUREMENT AND ELECTROMAGNETIC

COMPATIBILITY – I.M.C.E.M.

Address:

Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications

Department of Measurement and Optical Electronics

2, Vasile Pârvan Bd.

RO-300223 Timişoara

Tel: +40-256-403363

Fax: +40-256-403362


http://www.meo.etc.upt.ro/imcem/

GENERAL PRESENTATION

The Director of the IMCEM research center is

Prof. dr. eng. Alimpie IGNEA.

The center was created in 11 May 2001, in

accordance with the CNCSIS certificate nr.

102/CC-C. IMCEM belongs to the Department of

Measurement and Optical Electronics, Faculty of

Electronics and Telecommunications. For the

Electromagnetic Compatibility field, IMCEM is

part of the Multi-User Research Base “National

Interuniversity Centre for High Voltage

Engineering and Electromagnetic Compatibility”.

The main research and development fields are:

Electric and Electronic Measurement and

Instrumentation: improving measurement methods,

sensors and transducers;

Electromagnetic Compatibility: EMC

measurements and tests at high frequencies,

electromagnetic supervision;

Main activities since the creation of the centre:

IMCEM endowment with high specialized

equipment for measurements, tests, and education

through a TEMPUS programme, a Multi-User

Research Base grant and other sources;

the achievement of scientific and development

research objectives through grants and scientific

research contracts, consulting, technical expertise,

technical assistance, design; ANTSI, CNCSIS

grants were obtained and local collaboration with

Siemens VDO Automotive and Solectron exist, to

be continued and extended;

Identification of new partners and research

programs.

Researches in SIGNALS SPECTRAL ANALYSIS

AND SYNTHESIS WITH APPLICATIONS TO

DIGITAL MEASURING SYSTEMS

KEYWORDS

Data acquisition, spectral estimation, neural

networks, digital synthesized AC calibrators

FIELD DESCRIPTION

Digital measuring systems standardization is one of

the basic operations in measuring techniques. The

standardization problem is more difficult when a

higher resolution measuring device is used.

Consequently, digital processed signals for

standardization are frequently used. Their spectral

content is revealed through spectral analysis.

RESEARCH TEAM

Prof. dr. eng. Liviu TOMA: Data Acquisition

Systems. Microprocessor System Architecture,

Digital Processing Structures

Prof. dr. eng. Traian JURCA: Electronic

Measuring Instruments. Structural Components of



http://www.meo.etc.upt.ro/imcem/


Precision Instrumentation, Programmable Measuring

Systems

Prof. dr. eng. Dan STOICIU: Electronic

Measuring Instruments, Metrology, Quality and

Maintenance, Measuring in Industrial Processes

Prof. dr. eng. Aldo De SABATA: Adaptive

Methods in Measurements, Signal Processing

Assoc. prof. dr. eng. Septimiu MISCHIE:

Electronic and Electric Measuring, Programmable

Measuring Systems, Structural Components of

Precision Instrumentation

Assist. dr. eng. Robert PASZITKA: Microprocessor

System Architecture, Data Acquisition Systems

Researches in ELECTROMAGNETIC

COMPATIBILITY

KEYWORDS

Electromagnetic compatibility, EMC directives,

immunity to electromagnetic interferences,

conducted and radiated emissions, shielding,

grounding, site surveys

FIELD DESCRIPTION

Main research-development directions: improving

measurement methods, sensors and transducers,

EMC measurements and tests at high frequencies,

electromagnetic supervision.


The research in this field provides means and

equipments for EMC and educational improvement

in EMC design. It is intended to minimize

conducted and radiated emissions and to suppress

electromagnetic interferences, performing the tests

and verification concerned with the electric,

electronic and radio equipments in accordance to

EMC directives.

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

1. Platform for the Study of Electrical,

Electronical and Chemical Concurent Phenomena

that Occur in the Thermo-Solar Conversion

Process and in the Photo-Voltaic Effect.

Automation of Functioning and Exploitation of

Solar Assets Based on Thermo-Solar and Photo-

Voltaic Conversion

Granted by the Ministery of Education and

Research

Director: Prof.dr.eng. Nicolae ROBU, Rector

of the "Politehnica" University

Chief of the Electronics Laboratory: Prof.dr.eng.

Aldo DE SABATA

Duration: three years, 2006-2008

Total value: 4.232.764 RON

PROJECT OUTLINE

Researches on the use of new sources of energy and

quality of the environment are developing at a high

pace in the European Union in the present. For

example, a 5,5 million EURO Energetically

Independent Solar House has been built in

Germany, at Freiburg. In all countries of the EU, an

intense campaign is directed for drawing attention

and education of the public on energy problems

such as decrease of home and industrial

consumption and economy of classical energy

resources.

In order for the know-how and experience gained at

the "Politehnica" University of Timisoara in the

field of alternate sources of energy to be effectively

applied, it is necessary to educate students and staff

in solar techniques. In this way, our research in this

inter- and multi-disciplinary field can be further

developped, by taking advantage of oportunities

provided by accessing the European Union.

Th efficiency of solar pannels varies between 30

and 50%, and it is considered good, the efficiency

of photovoltaic pannels is between 9 and 24%, and

it is considered satisfactory, the efficiency of

thermal stocking is about 60%, the efficiency of

electrical stocking is approximately 80%. The

efficiency of stocking as hydrogen reaction heat is

larger than 96%, and the efficiency of

nanostructured cells is about 4%.

Consequently, it is necessary to create diatherman

materials with very high transmittance in the visible

domain, atherman materials with very high

absorbtion properties on a large wavelength

spectrum, insulating materials with very low

thermal conductivity, selective layers, antireflection

layers and semiconductor materials with efficiency

of 30%, nanostructured cells with efficiency of

about 12%.

The "Politehnica" University of Timisoara has built

its Solar House as an energetic system in 1982-

1986. The asset, built by self funding, has been

designed by specialists from the Civil Engineering

Faculty, and it contains two floors and

underground. The best construction materials that

could be found at that time have been used, in order

to minimize thermal losses.

We want to create a platform of five integrated,

electronically connected laboratories around the

Solar House, at five faculties: Energetics,

Automatics, Electronics, Architecture and Civil

Engineering, and Physics. The purpose is to create,

study, and measure new materials, measure solar

radiation in our region, design new structures of

solar architecture, find new ways of thermal and

electrical stocking of solar energy, design and built

home and industrial solar energy systems. We

propose to introduce new subjects for license,

master, and doctoral students.

These objectives can be realized by the

rehabilitation of the Solar House and of its

energetic chain based on thermo-solar conversion

and photo-voltaic effect, by the creation and

connection of the five laboratories, and acquisition

of modern equipment.


The University might have financial benefits by

providing spectro-photometric measurements and

customized solar design.

We can introduce now 12 new license laboratory

subjects, e.g. Solar Energy Supplied Electrolysis.

We can introduce at this moment 14 master

laboratory subjects, e.g. Study of an Integrated

Thermal-Photovoltaic System. For the PHD school

we can introduce now 4 themes, e.g. Complete

Analysis of the Energy Chain in a Photovoltaic

Pannel. We have now 13 research subjects pending

by lack of financement, e.g. Creation of New, High

Transmittance Materials. We have 12 new chapters

to be introduced for the master/PHD school.

The Platform facilities will be used for research,

design of solar systems and buildings, publishing of

books and papers in journals, organization and

participation at national and international

conferences and exhibitions, license, master, and

doctoral schools on alternative sources of energy,

public demonstrations, home and industrial

solutions and design.

2. Partnership grant for projects execution Nr.3/21039/2007, Researches concerning the

elaboration and promotion for solar architectural

solar solutions for PV systems integrated in

buildings. (PASOR) Director: Prof.dr.eng. Traian JURCA

Finance: State Budget – Education, Research and

Young Ministery, Partnership Programs in

Prioritary Domains

Value: 360.000 RON (49.551 RON on 2009)

Members: Prof.dr.ing. Ignea Alimpie,

Prof.dr.ing. DeSabata Aldo

Prof.dr.ing. Stoiciu Dan

Prof.dr.arhitect. Bica Smaranda

Assoc. prof. dr. eng. Lascu Mihaela

Assoc. prof. dr. eng. Mischie Septimiu

Lector dr. Luminosu Ioan

Assist. prof. eng. Matiu Liliana

Assist. prof. eng. Dughir Ciprian

Assist. arh. Silvasan Claudiu

Assist. arh. Oprita Razvan

Lector dr. eng.Pazsitka Robert

Assist. prof. eng. Vasiu Gabriel

Assist. prof. eng. Iftode Cora

Duration: 36 months

Contractor: Trading Society for Research, Design

and Equipment Production and Automatization

Partner P3: Politehnica University of Timisoara


The major purpose of the project is to demonstrate

the efficiency of integrating various PV elements in

buildings, to test them and to make them known so

that they can be used on a large scale. At the same

time, the project will provide the architects and the

PV community in general with advanced planning

tools.


1. Development of surveys and solution analyses on

the technical aspects of solar photovoltaic

architecture in Romania;

2. Research, measurements and technical solutions

for pilot integrated PV system installations,

including: setting up meteorological parameters

measurement centres (in Timisoara); sizing

integrated PV systems and preparing the technical

documentation; planning and monitoring the

integrated PV systems (a dedicated software);

developing the project website

(http://solar.physics.uvt.ro/srms/)

3. Implementing and testing demonstrative/

experimental integrated PV systems; Analysing the

monitored parameters;

Designing models in order to calculate irradiation

in tilted surfaces.

Contact person: Traian Jurca


3. Contract 19496/18.11.08 Study of the

renewable energy potential in the Department of

Timiş, in the framework of PHARE CBC RO-HU

2006, contract RO-2006/018-446.01.01.01.07

Value: 17.017 RON

Members of the research group:

Prof. Dr. Eng. Aldo De Sabata, director

Prof. Dr. Eng. Ivan Bogdanov


A document containing requirements for a correct

evaluation of renewable energy potential in the

Department of Timiş have been devised. This work

has been performed for the Town of Jimbolia

Mayor's office, under the PHARE CBC Ro-Hu

2006, contract RO-2006/018-446.01.01.01.07.


The document has been used for the selection

between the participants to a public bid. The winner

has been Fraunhofer AG, Germany, and the results

of the evaluation have been published.

Contact person: Aldo De Sabata

[email protected]

RESEARCH TEAM

Prof. dr. eng. Alimpie IGNEA: Electronic and

Electric Measurements, Measuring in

Industrial Processes, Measuring Systems in

Electromagnetic Compatibility, Electromagnetic

Supervising of sites, Antennas calibration,

Nonlinearities study of high frequency devices

Prof. dr. eng. Aldo De SABATA: Microwave

and Optoelectronics Measurements, Antennas

calibration

Assoc. prof. dr. eng. Mihaela LASCU:

Measuring of the Electrical and Not Electrical



Quantities, Electrical Measuring of the Non

Electrical Quantities, Measuring in Industrial

Processes, Virtual Instrumentation

Lect.dr.eng. Daniel BELEGA: Measuring

Systems in Electromagnetic Compatibility,

Instruments for Measurements, Digital

Processing Structures

Assist.eng. Ciprian DUGHIR: Electromagnetic

Supervision of Sites, Antennas calibration

Researches in SENSORS AND TRANSDUCERS

KEYWORDS

Piezoelectric sensors, optical crystals, optical

effects, piezoelectric crystals, bulk waves, surface

waves, sensor arrays

FIELD DESCRIPTION

Optoelectrical and piezoelectric crystals are

frequently used in technique. Due to their property

of converting optical and mechanical signals, these

materials fit for transducers construction.

Theoretical and experimental approaches were

made on current measuring and magnetooptic and

piezoelectric sensors. An I2C interface has been

experimented.

RESEARCH TEAM

Prof.dr.eng. Sever CRIŞAN: Optical Electronics,

Electrical Measurement, Sensors and

Transducers

Assist.eng. Emil LUZAN: Measuring of

Environmental Factors, Measuring of the

Electrical and Non Electrical Quantities

Lect.dr.eng. Adrian VÂRTOSU: Microwaves,

Microwaves and Optoelectronics Measurement,

Television Channels Broadcasted Via Satellite.

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES

1. COST 2100 International Program

Prof. Dan STOICIU is representative of the

"Politehnica" University of Timişoara.


1. Scientific Supervisor: Prof. dr. eng. Alimpie

IGNEA

PhD students:

Liliana STOICA: Contributions to Digital

Signal Processing

Ciprian DUGHIR: Contributions to anntenas

calibration

Cristina VĂLIU: Contributions to the

nonlinearities study of high-frequency circuits

Cora IFTODE: Electromagnetic field effects

on living organism

Gabriel GĂŞPĂRESC: Perturbation monitoring

in electrical networks

Adrian MIHĂIUŢ: Contributions in anntenas

calibration

Doru Lucian COCOŞ, Neural Networks and

Fuzzy Logic applications to electronic meter

calibration

Teodor PETRIŢA, Contributions to radiofrequency

disturbances monitoring

Michael Kleinkes (Germany): Mathematical

analysis of off-line programmed robots in

industrial application cells monitoring.

PHD THESIS SUSTAINED

Michael Kleinkes (Germany), Mathematical

analysis of off-line programmed robots in

industrial application cells monitorings, PhD

advisor: Prof. dr. eng. Alimpie IGNEA

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

1. Jurca Traian, Măsurări electrice şi electronice,

"Politehnica" Publishing House, Timisoara,

2009, 107 pages, ISBN 978-606-554-028-6

(published in Romanian)

2. Vârtosu Adrian, Tehnica frecvenţelor înalte,

Manual pentru studenti, "Politehnica"

Publishing House, Timisoara 2009, 139 pages

(published in Romanian).

PAPERS

1. D. Belega, S. Zaporojan, Assessment of

Influence of Systematic Errors on the Precision

with which the Normalized Frequency of a

Sinusoidal Signal is Determined by Means of a

Discrete Fourier Transformation with

Interpolation, Measurement Technique

(translated from Izmenitel'naya Tekhnika) vol.

52, no. 2, pp. 148-154, ISSN 0543-1972, 2009

2. D. Belega, D. Dallet, Multifrequency Signal

Analysis by Interpolated DFT Method with

Maximum Sidelobe Decay Windows,

Measurement vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 420-426, ISSN

0263-2241, 2009

3. D. Belega, D. Dallet, Amplitude Estimation by

a Multipoint Interpolated DFT Approach,

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and

Measurement, vol. 58, no. 5, pp. 1316-1323,

ISSN 0016-9456, 2009

4. D. Belega, D. Dallet, Choice of the Acquisition

Parameters for Frequency Estimation of a Sine

Wave by Interpolated DFT Method, Computer

Standards & Interfaces, vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 962-

968, ISSN 0920-5489, 2009


5. Daniel Belega, Dominique Dallet, Dan Stoiciu, Choice of the Window Used in the Interpolated

Discrete Fourier Transform Method, Revue

Roumaine des Sciences Techniques Serie

Electrotechnique et Energetique, vol. 54, no. 4,

pp. 365-374, ISSN 0035-4066, 2009

6. Liviu Toma, Aldo De Sabata, Robert Pazsitka,

Iterative procedure for real single-tone

frequency estimation, Revue Roumaine de

Sciences Techniques, Serie Electrotechnique et

Energétique, vol. 54, 3, pp. 253-260, ISSN

0035-4066, 2009

7. D. Belega, D. Dallet, Multipoint Interpolated

DFT Method for Frequency Estimation,

Proceedings of the IEEE 6th International

Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals, and

Devices, Djerba-Tunisia, March 23-26, 2009,

pp. 1-6, ISBN 978-1-4244-4345-1

8. D. Belega, D. Dallet, D. Slepicka, Accurate

Amplitude Estimation of a Sine-Wave

Harmonic Component by Frequency-Domain

Approach, Proceedings of the I2MTC IEEE

International Instrumentation and Measurement

Technology Conference, Singapore, May 5-7,

2009, pp. 1315-1320, ISSN 0018-9456

9. D. Belega, D. Dallet, D. Petri, Uncertainty

Analysis of the Normalized Frequency

Estimation by Multipoint Interpolated DFT

Approach, Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop

on Advanced Methods for Uncertainty

Estimation Measurement (AMUEM),

Bucharest, Romania, July 6-7, 2009. pp. 34-38,

ISBN 978-1-4244-3593-7

10. Daniel Belega, Dominique Dallet, Efficiency of

the Three-Point Interpolated DFT Method on

the Normalized Frequency Estimation of a

Sine-Wave, Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop

on Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced

Computing Systems: Technology and

Applications (IDAACS), Rende (Cosenza),

Italy, September 21-23, 2009, pp. 13-17, ISBN

978-1-4244-4882

11. Gabriel Găşpăresc, Modeling Algorithms for

Sags with Exponential Fronts and Other Types

of Electromagnetic Disturbances from Power

Supply Network, 2009 IEEE Bucharest

PowerTech, ISBN 978-1-4244-2235-7

12. D. Belega, D. Dallet, Accurate ADC Dynamic

Testing by Means of the Three-Parameter Sine-

Fit Algorithm, Proceedings of the 15th IEEE-

International Mixed-Signals, Sensors, and

Systems Test Workshop (IMS3TW), pp. 1-6,

Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, June 10-12, 2009,

pp. 1-6, ISBN 978-1-4244-4618-6

13. Adrian Mihaiuti, Alimpie Ignea, Concentration

Ellipse, a Statistical Method to Analyse

Radio Communications Analyse Radio

Communications Measurement – Prediction

Pair Data, Proceedings EuCAP 2009, 3rd

European Conference on Antennas and

Propagation; 23-27 March 2009, Berlin,

Germany, 4 pp., ISBN 978-1-4244-4753-4

14. Dughir Ciprian Vartosu Adrian Prostean

Gabriela Voicu Groza, Quality Monitoring of

Electrical Power Distribution Network Using a

Low-power Microcontroller, Proceedings of

the 2009 IEEE Electrical Power & Energy

Conference, October 22-23, 2009, Montreal,

Quebec, Canada, ISBN 978-1-4244-4509-7

15. A. De Sabata, L. Toma, Analysis of an

Algorithm for Real Tone Frequqency

Estimation, Proc. of the Int. Symp. on Signals,

Circuits and Systems ISSCS 2009, July 9-10

2009, vol. 1, pp. 113-116, IEEE Catalog Number

CFP09816-PRT, ISBN 978-1-4244-3784-9

16. A. De Sabata, L. Toma, Application of

Bandpass Filtering in Real Tone Frequency

Estimation, 5th International Symposium on

Applied Computational Intelligence and

Informatics, May 28–29, 2009, Timişoara,

Romania, pp. 429-433, IEEE Catalog Number:

CFP0945C-CDR, ISBN 978-1-4244-4478-6

17. Ioan Luminosu, Aldo De Sabata, Coleta De

Sabata, Thermally Autonomous Residence in

the Western Part of Romania, 5th International

Symposium on Applied Computational

Intelligence and Informatics, May 28–29, 2009

– Timişoara, Romania, pp. 229-234, IEEE

Catalog Number: CFP0945C-CDR ISBN 978-1-

4244-4478-6, Library of Congress: 2009903350

18. C. Sinescu; M. Negrutiu; D. Pop; L. Cuc; A.

DeSabata; R. Negru; M. Hluscu; M. Rominu;

C. Marcauteanu; E. Demjan; A. Bradu; I.

Antoniac; G. Dobre; A. Podoleanu, The

importance of holograms in dentistry,

Conference Title: Holography: Advances and

Modern Trends Date: Wednesday 22 April

2009, Prague, Czech Republic, Proc. SPIE,

Vol. 7358, 73580J (2009); Digital

Identification Number 10.1117/12.821545, pp.

73580J-73580J-10, ISBN 978-0-8194-7632-6;

0-8194-7632-3 ISSN 0277-786X

19. Pavol Bauer, Dan Lascu, Mihaela Lascu,

Viorel Popescu, Dan Negoiţescu, Mircea

Băbăiţă, Adrian Popovici, E-learning Practical

Teaching of Uncontrolled Rectifiers, EPE

2009, 8-10 September, Barcelona, 13th

European Conference on Power Electronics

and Applications, P1-P10, ISBN 978-9-0758-

1150-09

20. Ioan Luminosu, Coleta De Sabata, Aldo De

Sabata, Traian Jurca, On the use of magnetic


fluids in solar energy installations, Buletinul

AGIR anul XIV, nr. 2-3, pp. 66-69, aprilie-

septembrie 2009, ISSN 1224-7928

21. Coleta De Sabata, Ioan Luminosu, Aldo De

Sabata, Traian Jurca, On the use of magnetic

fluids in solar energy installations, Buletinul

AGIR anul XIV, nr. 2-3, pp. 70-75, aprilie-

septembrie 2009, ISSN 1224-7928

22. Gabriel Găşpăresc, Virtual Instrument for ECG

Signals Generation and Filtering, Annals of

the University of Craiova, Series: Automation,

Computers and Mechatronics 6(33), nr.1, 30,

ISSN 1841-0626

23. C. De Sabata, I. Luminosu, A. De Sabata, T.

Jurca, Summer Climatization Based on Solar

Energy: Considerations and Experimental

Results, Bul. St. Univ. "Politehnica" din

Timisoara, Trans. on Mechanics, Tom 53(67),

Fasc. 3, pp. 65-68, ISSN 1224-6077

24. Vartosu Adrian, Dughir Ciprian, The electric

properties for biological structures in the case

of mobile telephony, Annal of Univesity of

Craiova vol. 6, 6 pp., ISSN 1841-0626

25. Daniel Belega, Dominique Dallet, Accurate

Normalized Frequency Estimation by the

Three-Point Interpolated DFT Method with

Rectangular Window, 17th European Signal

Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), Glasgow,

Scotland, August 24-28, 2009, EUSIPCO 2009

Proceedings, pp. 1329-1333

26. Daniel Belega, Dominique Dallet, Fast and

Accurate Measurement of the rms Value of a

Noncoherent Sampled Sine-Wave, XIX

IMEKO World Congress Fundamental and

Applied Metrology, Lisbon, Portugal,

September 6-11, 2009, IMEKO Proceedings

pp. 792-796, ISBN 978-963-884190-0-1

27. Daniel Belega, Ciprian Dughir, Acquisition

Signals from Electromagnetic Field-Meters

Using Digital Multimeters with Event Logging

Mode, XIX IMEKO World Congress

Fundamental and Applied Metrology, Lisbon,

Portugal, September 6-11, 2009. IMEKO

Proceedings, pp. 2188-2192, ISBN 978-963-

884190-0-1

28. Septimiu Mischie Liviu Toma, On Using

Kullback Leibler Distance to Estimate Vector

Quantization Performance, Recent Advances

in Signals and Systems, Proceedings of the 9-th

WSEAS International Conference on Signal,

Speech and Image Processing, Budapest 3-5

sept. 2009, pp. 96-101, ISBN 978-960-474-

114-4, ISSN 1790-5109

29. Aldo De Sabata, Ladislau Matekovits, Andrei

Silaghi, Ulrich Rohde, Marius Silaghi,

Investigation on surface waves related

properties of some periodic structures,

Conference on Microwave and High

Frequqency Heating, Proceedings of the 12th

International Conference on Microwave and

High Frequqency Heating, Ampere 2009, 7-10

Sept. 2009, Karlsruhe, Germany, pp. 364-367

30. Ladislau Matekovits, Aldo De Sabata, Analysis

of the gap bandwidth of some high impedance

surfaces, 6th

Japanese – Mediterranean

Workshop on Applied Electromegnetic

Engineering for Magnetic, Superconducting

and nano Materials JAPMED'6 July 27-29,

2009, Extended Abstracts Proceedings,

Politehnica University of Bucharest: Printech

Pub, 2009, pp. 155-156, ISBN 978-606-521-346-3

31. I. Luminosu, I., A. De Sabata, C. De Sabata,

Sollar collectors from recyclable materials,

International U.A.B. – B.EN.A Conference

"Management and Sustainable Protection of

Environment", Alba Iulia, Romania, 6-7 May

2009, Book of Abstracts, Aeternitas Pub.,

2009, pp. 52, ISBN 978-973-1890-30-2

32. C. De Sabata, F. Barvinschi, A. De Sabata, I.

Luminosu, Ecological waste water cleaning for

swine farms using solar energy, International

UAB – BENA Conference "Management and

Sustainable Protection of Environment", Alba

Iulia, Romania, 6-7 May 2009, Book of

Abstracts, Aeternitas Pub., 2009, pp. 213,

ISBN 978-973-1890-30-2

33. T. Jurca, M. Paulescu, A. De Sabata, I.

Luminosu, C. Dughir, M. Lascu, E. Paulescu,

C. De Sabata, Recent measurements on solar

radiation in Timisoara, Romania,

Unconventional Energies in the Carpathian and

Danubian Area, Arad, Romania, 27-28

November 2009, "Technical and Economical

Ecology Issues and the Medical and Social

Aspects" Abstracts

34. Adrian Mihaiuti, Statistical characterisation of

the radio channel measurements in mobile

communications, The XIth International

Symposium Young People and

Multidisciplinary Research, 12-13 November

2009, Timisoara, 4 pp., ISSN 1843-6609

35. Adrian Mihaiuti, Alimpie Ignea, The influence

of the mobile communications receiver antenna

height in the urban propagation scenario,

Doctor Etc 2009, 24-25 septembrie 2009,

Timisoara, Lucrarile din sesiunea de

comunicari stiintifice "Doctor ETc 2009", pp.

67-70, ISSN 2066-883x


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